• DocumentCode
    3068594
  • Title

    Modeling of the optical waveguide polarization insensitive confinement factor

  • Author

    Jovic, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    20-22 Nov. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1763
  • Lastpage
    1766
  • Abstract
    In this paper we investigate the influence of material and geometrical parameters of a ridge optical waveguide on optical confinement factor. For desired value of confinement factor we find cladding layer refractive index and thickness, core layer thickness and ridge width which minimize the difference between confinement factors for TE and TM polarization.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic wave polarisation; optical waveguides; refractive index; TE polarization; TM polarization; cladding layer refractive index; cladding layer refractive thickness; core layer thickness; geometrical parameters; material parameters; optical waveguide polarization insensitive confinement factor; ridge optical waveguide; ridge width; Materials; Optical amplifiers; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; confinement factor; polarization insensitivity; ridge optical waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR), 2012 20th
  • Conference_Location
    Belgrade
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-2983-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/TELFOR.2012.6419570
  • Filename
    6419570