ON PHASE MATCHING AND POWER COUPLING IN GRATING-ASSISTED COUPLERS

被引:5
作者
HUANG, WP
LITTLE, BE
XU, CL
机构
[1] Department of Electrical, Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo.
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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10.1109/68.122345
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Two formulas of phase-matching condition for grating-assisted couplers in the literature are compared. The power exchange between the waveguides is examined by a numerical solution to the coupled-mode equations and a direct simulation by the beam propagation method. It is demonstrated that the phase-matching of the normal modes of the coupler (array modes) will maximize the power coupling. The approximate phase-matching condition for the modes of the individual waveguides (waveguide modes), however, leads to only partial power exchange.
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