Title :
Anomalous radiation loss of curved dielectric ridge waveguides
Author :
Burton, R.S. ; Schlesinger, T.E.
Author_Institution :
Compound Semicond. Technols., Motorola Inc., Tempe, AZ, USA
fDate :
7/6/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The radiation loss of curved ridge dielectric waveguides can show an oscillatory dependence on radius for the TM-polarisation. This effect is predicted only by a three-dimensional full vectorial analysis and is confirmed experimentally in S-bend dielectric ridge waveguides
Keywords :
optical losses; optical waveguide theory; optical waveguides; ridge waveguides; vectors; S-bend dielectric ridge waveguides; TM-polarisation; anomalous radiation loss; curved dielectric ridge waveguides; oscillatory dependence; three-dimensional full vectorial analysis;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19950781
