• DocumentCode
    1289430
  • Title

    Design Principles for Higher (Prime) Order Composite Directional Couplers

  • Author

    Wort, Philip

  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    1217
  • Lastpage
    1219
  • Abstract
    The theoretical construction of ideal (lossless) 3 times 3, 4 times 4, and 5 times 5 dimensional directional couplers from 2 times 2 directional couplers is demonstrated. Such devices could be fabricated as planar waveguide circuit elements.
  • Keywords
    optical directional couplers; optical planar waveguides; higher order composite directional couplers; ideal lossless directional couplers; planar waveguide circuit element; prime directional coupler; 5$,times,$ 5; Directional couplers; lossless; prime; single mode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2009.2024431
  • Filename
    5196831