Title :
Reduced lateral leakage losses of TM-like modes in silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguides
Author :
Kakihara, Kuniaki ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo
Abstract :
We numerically investigate the lateral leakage losses of TM-like modes in silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguides and propose a novel ridge waveguide structure with low leakage losses over a wide wavelength range.
Keywords :
integrated optics; numerical analysis; optical losses; optical waveguides; ridge waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; TM-like modes; lateral leakage loss; optical components integration; silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguides; Information science; Optical devices; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Silicon on insulator technology;
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.2008.4610557
