Title :
Radiation Loss at Transitions in Dielectric Waveguides
Author :
Sun, Nai-Hsiang ; Chou, Chih-Cheng ; Wang, Shang-Ren ; Lee, San-Liang ; Butler, Jerome K. ; Evans, Gary A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., I-Shou Univ., Kaohsiung
Abstract :
The radiation loss of a grating-outcoupled surface-emitting laser at transitions is analyzed. We simulate the forward and backward radiated power at interfaces of a ridge, a transition and a grating region. A total of 11.32% (0.52 dB) of the power is radiated at transitions.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical losses; optical waveguides; solid lasers; surface emitting lasers; waveguide lasers; waveguide transitions; dielectric waveguides; grating-outcoupled surface-emitting laser; radiation loss; Bragg gratings; Dielectric losses; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Laser transitions; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Surface emitting lasers; Waveguide discontinuities; Waveguide lasers; Waveguide transitions;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1173-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1174-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391408
