Title :
Unidirectional coupling with two matched dielectric an metal long-period gratings along a polymer waveguide
Author :
Bing Zou ; Kin Seng Chiang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, China
Abstract :
We propose a grating structure for the achievement of unidirectional coupling, which consists of two matched dielectric and metal long-period gratings. We verify our idea theoretically and experimentally with gratings formed along a polymer waveguide.
Keywords :
dielectric materials; diffraction gratings; optical couplers; optical polymers; optical waveguides; grating structure; matched dielectric gratings; metal long-period gratings; polymer waveguide; unidirectional coupling; Couplings; Dielectrics; Gratings; Metals; Optical waveguides; Permittivity; Polymers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
