Title :
Multimode polymer bent tapered waveguide modeling
Author :
Papakonstantinou, Ioannis ; Selviah, David R. ; Fernandez, F. Anibal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK
Abstract :
FD-BPM modeling of multimode polymer bent tapered waveguides gives lower insertion loss, reduced tolerance to lateral misalignment of the optical source but a better angular tolerance than straight tapers with the same input/output aperture ratio.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical backplanes; optical losses; optical polymers; optical waveguide theory; waveguide discontinuities; FD-BPM modeling; angular tolerance; input/output aperture ratio; insertion loss; lateral misalignment; multimode polymer bent tapered waveguide; Apertures; Backplanes; Connectors; Electromagnetic waveguides; High speed optical techniques; Optical losses; Optical polymers; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Refractive index;
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.2004.1363576
