DocumentCode
1424316
Title
Determination of bending losses in rectangular waveguides
Author
Deck, R.T. ; Mirkov, Mirko ; Bagley, B.G.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Toledo Univ., OH, USA
Volume
16
Issue
9
fYear
1998
fDate
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1703
Lastpage
1714
Abstract
This paper details an accurate method for computation of bending losses in rectangular optical waveguides which we combine with perturbation theory to account for the fields in the (outer) corner regions of the guiding channel. In the case of the weakly guiding channels of interest in optical signal processing, the correction to the loss coefficient due to the corner fields is shown to be in excess of 50%
Keywords
bending; optical information processing; optical losses; optical waveguide theory; optical waveguides; perturbation theory; accurate method; bending losses; corner fields; corner regions; guiding channel; loss coefficient; optical signal processing; perturbation theory; rectangular optical waveguides; rectangular waveguides; weakly guiding channels; Geometrical optics; Optical losses; Optical refraction; Optical signal processing; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Propagation constant; Rectangular waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/50.712257
Filename
712257
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