Minimisation of modal birefringence in semiconductor optical guided-wave devices

被引:4
作者
Rahman, BMA
Obayya, SSA
El-Mikati, HA
机构
[1] City Univ London, Dept Elect Elect & Informat Engn, London EC1V 0HB, England
[2] Univ Mansoura, Dept Elect Commun, Mansoura, Egypt
来源
IEE PROCEEDINGS-OPTOELECTRONICS | 2000年 / 147卷 / 03期
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D O I
10.1049/ip-opt:20000290
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
Using a rigorous numerical approach, it is shown that the modal birefringence of semiconductor optical waveguides can be eliminated by optimising the waveguide parameters, to achieve polarisation independent performances.
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页码:151 / 156
页数:6
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