Mode analysis and light confinement of optical rib waveguides in various air slot configurations

Author

Eti, N. ; Mahariq, I. ; Kurt, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., TOBB Univ. of Econ. & Technol., Ankara, Turkey

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We present a detailed theoretical study on mode analysis and light confinement properties of rib waveguides in various air slot configurations using dielectric materials. The study starts form rectangular rib waveguide mode analysis. Then rectangular and circular rib waveguides with and without air slots of different orientations are compared in terms of the percentages of the electric-magnetic field components and light confinement capabilities. Polarization type of the mode and strong field confinement in the low refractive index medium can be achieved by the incorporation of the void structures into the regular optical waveguides.

Keywords

dielectric materials; light polarisation; optical waveguide theory; rib waveguides; air slot configurations; circular rib waveguides; dielectric materials; electric-magnetic field components; light confinement; low refractive index medium; mode analysis; optical rib waveguides; polarization; rectangular rib waveguide; void structures; Electric fields; Image color analysis; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Rectangular waveguides; Substrates; air slot waveguides; channelled rib waveguides; integrated optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2015 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2015.7193649

Filename

7193649