• DocumentCode
    814336
  • Title

    Spectral index method applied to rib and strip-loaded directional couplers

  • Author

    Burke, S.V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Sheffield Univ., UK
  • Volume
    137
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    2/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    7
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    The spectral index method is applied to both rib and strip-loaded directional couplers, both of which are widely used in optoelectronics. Analytical transcendental equations are constructed in terms of the polarised propagation constant β for the fundamental symmetric and antisymmetric modes. Excellent agreement with large scale mainframe programs is achieved for the calculated coupling lengths
  • Keywords
    directional couplers; guided light propagation; optical couplers; refractive index; variational techniques; antisymmetric modes; coupling lengths; optoelectronics; polarised propagation constant; rib directional coupler; spectral index method; strip-loaded directional couplers; symmetric modes; transcendental equations; variational principle;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Optoelectronics, IEE Proceedings J
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0267-3932
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    45765