Title :
Analysis of lateral leakage loss in silicon-on-insulator thin-rib waveguides
Author :
Nguyen, Thach ; Sekhar, Ravi ; Webster, Mark ; Koch, Thomas ; Mitchell, Arnan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC
Abstract :
The lateral leakage behaviour of TM-based silicon-on-insulator thin-rib waveguides is analysed using mode matching technique. Both the TM-TE mode coupling properties and the leakage loss of propagating TM mode are investigated.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical losses; optical waveguides; rib waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Si; TM mode propagation; TM-TE mode coupling; TM-based waveguides; lateral leakage loss; mode matching; silicon-on-insulator waveguides; thin-rib waveguides; Analytical models; Optical losses; Optical propagation; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Propagation losses; Silicon on insulator technology; Slabs; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610546
