Title :
Transverse and longitudinal optical forces of self-alignment in waveguides
Author :
Mizrahi, Amit ; Ikeda, Kazuhiro ; Bonomelli, Fabio ; Feng, Liang ; Lomakin, Vitaliy ; Fainman, Yeshaiahu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate novel transverse and longitudinal optical forces that facilitate self-alignment between two parts of a waveguide broken by an offset and a gap. We analyze two-dimensional configurations and extend the discussion to three-dimensional systems.
Keywords :
Electromagnetic waveguides; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguides; Physical optics; Polarization; Slabs; Surface waves; Waveguide components; Waveguide discontinuities;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
