Title :
Effect of roughness and inhomogeneity on evanescent single-mode optical couplers
Author :
Ladouceur, F. ; Love, J.D.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Sci. Centre, Australian Nat. Univ., Canberra, ACT, Australia
fDate :
12/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors investigate the effect of surface roughness and material inhomogeneity on optical coupling in buried-channel, single-mode, evanescent couplers using a stochastic analysis. The results predict that there is no reduction in total power coupling between the cores, but there is a slight modulation of the coupling length and a loss of power from the coupler through scattering
Keywords :
optical couplers; optical losses; optical modulation; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide theory; stochastic systems; surface topography; buried-channel single-mode evanescent couplers; coupling length; evanescent single-mode optical couplers; inhomogeneity; material inhomogeneity; optical coupling; roughness; scattering; stochastic analysis; surface roughness; total power coupling;
Journal_Title :
Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings -
DOI :
10.1049/ip-opt:19952269
