Analysis of abrupt waveguide bend with low-index microprism

被引:5
作者
Lin, HB [1 ]
Lin, YB
Wang, WS
机构
[1] China Inst Technol & Commerce, Dept Elect Engn, Taipei 115, Taiwan
[2] Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Taipei 106, Taiwan
关键词
bending loss; integrated optics; microprism; optical waveguide;
D O I
10.1109/3.736093
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A low-loss large-angle waveguide bend structure utilizing a low-index microprism is proposed. Using the principle of phase front compensation, a simple and efficient rule for the low-index prism is derived, Field distortion due to the prism is discussed and an optimized prism design is also proposed. Simulated normalized transmission efficiency of the proposed waveguide bend is as large as 99.1% for a bend angle of 10 degrees, Moreover, waveguide bends with high- and low-index prisms are compared for reference.
引用
收藏
页码:2291 / 2297
页数:7
相关论文
共 19 条
[2]   AN ASSESSMENT OF FINITE-DIFFERENCE BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD [J].
CHUNG, Y ;
DAGLI, N .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1990, 26 (08) :1335-1339
[3]   EXPLICIT FINITE-DIFFERENCE BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD - APPLICATION TO SEMICONDUCTOR RIB WAVE-GUIDE Y-JUNCTION ANALYSIS [J].
CHUNG, Y ;
DAGLI, N .
ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 1990, 26 (11) :711-713
[4]   ANALYSIS OF Z-INVARIANT AND Z-VARIANT SEMICONDUCTOR RIB WAVE-GUIDES BY EXPLICIT FINITE-DIFFERENCE BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD WITH NONUNIFORM MESH CONFIGURATION [J].
CHUNG, Y ;
DAGLI, N .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1991, 27 (10) :2296-2305
[5]   FORMATION OF WAVE-GUIDES AND MODULATORS IN LINBO3 BY ION-IMPLANTATION [J].
DESTEFANIS, GL ;
GAILLIARD, JP ;
LIGEON, EL ;
VALETTE, S ;
FARMERY, BW ;
TOWNSEND, PD ;
PEREZ, A .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1979, 50 (12) :7898-7905
[6]   A NEW LOW-LOSS STRUCTURE OF ABRUPT BENDS IN DIELECTRIC WAVE-GUIDES [J].
HIRAYAMA, K ;
KOSHIBA, M .
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, 1992, 10 (05) :563-569
[7]   PROTON-EXCHANGE FOR HIGH-INDEX WAVEGUIDES IN LINBO3 [J].
JACKEL, JL ;
RICE, CE ;
VESELKA, JJ .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1982, 41 (07) :607-608
[8]   Low loss polymer waveguides at 1300 and 1550 nm using halogenated acrylates [J].
Knoche, T ;
Muller, L ;
Klein, R ;
Neyer, A .
ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 1996, 32 (14) :1284-1285
[9]  
KOROTKY SK, 1986, APPL PHYS LETT, V8, P92
[10]   DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF VERY LOW-LOSS ABRUPT BENDS IN OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES [J].
LIN, HB ;
SU, JY ;
WEI, PK ;
WANG, WS .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1994, 30 (12) :2827-2835