Title :
Analysis of strongly guiding rib waveguide S-bends: theory and experiment
Author :
Rolland, C. ; Mak, G. ; Fox, K.E. ; SpringThorpe, A.J. ; Yevick, David ; Hermansson, B.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Technol. Lab., Bell Northern Res., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Measures the losses associated with strongly confined GaAs/AlGaAs rib waveguide S-bent structures and obtains excellent agreement with a full three-dimensional numerical simulation based on the beam propagation method.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; waveguide theory; GaAs-AlGaAs; beam propagation method; full three-dimensional numerical simulation; strongly guiding rib waveguide S-bends;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19890842