Title :
Waveguide mode conversion using anti-symmetric gratings
Author :
Castro, Jose M. ; Sato, Atsushi ; Geraghty, David F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
Many important optical devices based on grating mode converters require special designs to mitigate the effect of undesired reflections. We propose a simple and novel grating mode converter which avoids undesired multiple reflection peaks.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical planar waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; antisymmetric grating; grating mode converter; multiple reflection peak; optical coupler; optical device; waveguide mode conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; Bragg gratings; Couplers; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192522
