• DocumentCode
    912537
  • Title

    Optical bent rib waveguide with reduced transition losses

  • Author

    Seo, Chulhun ; Sim, Young-Jin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Telecommun. Eng., Soongsil Univ., Seoul, South Korea
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    5/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    930
  • Lastpage
    933
  • Abstract
    Large losses occur at the transition between straight and curved rib waveguide segments. A bent optical rib waveguide is analyzed by the 3D imaginary-distance beam propagation method (BPM). The BPM is implemented with 3D finite differences. The transition losses are reduced with several techniques: (1) the offset between bent and straight guides, (2) trench location and sizes, (3) optimized slope of rib sidewall
  • Keywords
    bending; finite difference methods; light propagation; optical losses; optical waveguide theory; rib waveguides; 3D finite differences; 3D imaginary-distance beam propagation method; bent guides; offset; optical bent rib waveguide; optimized slope; rib sidewall; straight guides; transition losses reduction; trench location; trench sizes; Finite difference methods; Image analysis; Image segmentation; Integrated optics; Optical beams; Optical losses; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Partial differential equations; Propagation constant; Waveguide transitions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.497394
  • Filename
    497394