• DocumentCode
    795922
  • Title

    Polarization crosstalk in high index contrast planar silica waveguides

  • Author

    Rahman, B.M.A. ; Somasiri, N. ; Windmann, M.

  • Author_Institution
    City Univ., London, UK
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    1109
  • Lastpage
    1111
  • Abstract
    Polarization crosstalk and the effect of the waveguide sidewall slope angle in a planar silica waveguide with high index contrast is calculated by using rigorous full vectorial numerical approaches.
  • Keywords
    finite element analysis; least squares approximations; light polarisation; modal analysis; optical crosstalk; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide theory; silicon compounds; variational techniques; H-field based variational formulation; SiO/sub 2/; finite-element methods; high index contrast planar SiO/sub 2/ waveguides; modal hybridness; optical waveguide theory; polarization crosstalk; rigorous full vectorial numerical approaches; vectorial least squares boundary residual method; waveguide sidewall slope angle; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; Silicon compounds;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2002.1021985
  • Filename
    1021985