• DocumentCode
    1105154
  • Title

    Dielectric tapers with curved axes and no loss

  • Author

    Marcatili, Enrique A J

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Labs., Holmdel, New Jersey, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    4/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    307
  • Lastpage
    314
  • Abstract
    An "exact" theory is developed for the design of single or muitimode dielectric tapers of arbitrary cross sections and straight or curved axes that have the unique property of guiding with no conversion either to other guided modes or to radiation modes. This remarkably simple theory encompasses a very wide gamut of strictly adiabatic tapers: some very simple, such as linear tapers with straight axes, some very sophisticated, such as directional couplers made of noncoplanar guides tapered and curved differently.
  • Keywords
    Dielectric waveguides; Optical fiber connecting; Waveguide transitions; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Directional couplers; Fiber lasers; Laser theory; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber theory; Optical losses; Optical scattering; Slabs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1985.1072663
  • Filename
    1072663