Analysis of the dielectric slab waveguide

Author

Remley, Kate

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

28-30 Sep 1993

Firstpage

646

Lastpage

651

Abstract

Dielectric waveguides are widely used in optical communications systems, both in integrated optics and as transmission lines for off-chip interconnection. The dielectric slab waveguide can serve as a model in approximating the behavior of waveguides which have one cross-sectional dimension larger than the other, such as the strip waveguide or the channel waveguide. In this paper, the basic properties of a dielectric slab waveguide are explained, and some of the equations useful in describing the behavior of this type of structure are derived. The equations are then brought together in a computer program capable of determining various characteristics of a single layer guide, created as an aid in modeling of dielectric waveguides

Keywords

integrated optics; optical interconnections; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide theory; optical waveguides; channel waveguide; computer program; cross-sectional dimension; dielectric slab waveguide; integrated optics; off-chip interconnection; optical communications systems; strip waveguide; Dielectric substrates; Electromagnetic propagation; Electromagnetic waveguides; Optical films; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Polarization; Slabs;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

WESCON/'93. Conference Record,

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1095-791X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9970-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WESCON.1993.488608

Filename

488608