• DocumentCode
    2988636
  • Title

    Ideal Trajectory for Ultracompact Low-Loss Waveguide Bends

  • Author

    Koos, Ch. ; Poulton, C. ; Jacome, L. ; Zimmermann, L. ; Leuthold, J. ; Freude, W.

  • Author_Institution
    Institute of High-Frequency and Quantum Electronics, University of Karlsruhe, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. Email: koos@ihq.uni-karlsruhe.de
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The ideal trajectory for compact whispering gallery bends is derived analytically and verified by 3D-FDTD simulations and experiments. We predict bend losses below 0.1 dB for SOI waveguides with R=1.5 ¿m which is supported experimentally.
  • Keywords
    Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Light scattering; Optical losses; Particle scattering; Photonic integrated circuits; Propagation losses; Strips; Waveguide transitions; Whispering gallery modes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801041
  • Filename
    4801041