Effect of multiple-modes on the switching efficiency of waveguide couplers

Author

Chen, M. ; Langer, D.W. ; Park, S.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pittsburgh Univ., PA, USA

Volume

3

Issue

3

fYear

1991

fDate

3/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

227

Lastpage

229

Abstract

The switching efficiency of rectangular waveguide couplers is investigated for a case where multiple-modes exist in the waveguides perpendicular to the direction of coupling but only a single-mode exists in the direction of coupling. It is found that, given a reasonable distribution of input energy over the possible modes, the existence of multiple-modes perpendicular to the direction of coupling has only negligible effects on the performance of the couplers. These results, while applicable to planar waveguide couplers, are of particular interest for vertically arranged couplers.<>

Keywords

directional couplers; integrated optics; optical couplers; optical switches; optical waveguide theory; coupling direction; directional coupling; input energy; integrated optics; multiple-modes; planar waveguide couplers; rectangular waveguide couplers; single-mode; switching efficiency; vertically arranged couplers; Couplers; Optical fiber communication; Optical planar waveguides; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Quantum well devices; Rectangular waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.79762

Filename

79762