Simple estimation of transition losses in bends of wide optical waveguides by a ray tracing method

Author

Salinas, Íñigo ; Garcés, Ignacio ; Alonso, Rafael ; Llobera, Andreu ; Domínguez, C.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Investigacion en Ingenieria de Aragon, Univ. de Zaragoza, Spain

Volume

16

Issue

3

fYear

2004

fDate

3/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

825

Lastpage

827

Abstract

Numerical simulation methods based on modal theory are not suitable for wide waveguides where the number of guided modes increases greatly. A simple ray tracing method for treating this situations is proposed, and its results are validated with experimental measurements of fabricated waveguides. The important agreement between theory and experiments makes this method an easy way to design bent waveguides with transitions between sections with different curvature.

Keywords

optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical losses; optical waveguide theory; ray tracing; rib waveguides; waveguide discontinuities; bent waveguide design; guided modes; ray tracing method; transition losses estimation; waveguide bends; waveguide fabrication; wide optical waveguides bends; Optical attenuators; Optical design; Optical fiber losses; Optical losses; Optical sensors; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Ray tracing; Waveguide transitions;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.823712

Filename

1269808