• DocumentCode
    1805267
  • Title

    Waveguide mode conversion using anti-symmetric gratings

  • Author

    Castro, Jose M. ; Sato, Atsushi ; Geraghty, David F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-11 March 2005
  • Abstract
    Many important optical devices based on grating mode converters require special designs to mitigate the effect of undesired reflections. We propose a simple and novel grating mode converter which avoids undesired multiple reflection peaks.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; optical design techniques; optical fibre couplers; optical planar waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; antisymmetric grating; grating mode converter; multiple reflection peak; optical coupler; optical device; waveguide mode conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; Bragg gratings; Couplers; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical crosstalk; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-783-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2005.192522
  • Filename
    1497602