• DocumentCode
    1413338
  • Title

    Far Field of Bragg Reflection Waveguides: Characteristics and Closed-Form Approximation

  • Author

    Zareian, Nima ; Abolghasem, Payam ; Helmy, Amr S.

  • Author_Institution
    Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    728
  • Lastpage
    735
  • Abstract
    A comprehensive study of the far-field diffraction pattern of Bragg reflection waveguides is presented. Using a Gaussian approximation of the near-field profile, an analytical formula for the far-field pattern of the fundamental Bragg mode is obtained. The proposed closed-form representation offers a powerful technique for examining the far-field characteristics, which provides insight into the design optimization of Bragg reflection waveguides.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; Gaussian distribution; optical waveguides; Bragg mode; Bragg reflection waveguides; Gaussian approximation; closed-form approximation; far-field diffraction pattern; far-field pattern; Bragg reflection waveguides (BRWs); diffraction theory; far field; transverse Bragg reflector;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.2010.2102741
  • Filename
    5676178