Title :
Modeling of optical coupling to multimode polymer waveguides: axial and lateral misalignment tolerance
Author :
Yu, Guoyu ; Selviah, David R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
BPM modeling establishes a set of design curves for coupling loss of a VCSEL optical source for several widths of square multimode polymer waveguides giving the interdependence of lateral and axial offset misalignments.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical backplanes; optical couplers; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguide theory; surface emitting lasers; BPM modeling; VCSEL; axial misalignment tolerance; coupling loss; lateral misalignment tolerance; multimode polymer waveguides; Backplanes; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical polymers; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Photodiodes; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363575
