Title :
Propagation properties of multilayer thin-film polarization-maintaining optical 3-D waveguide
Author :
Hsu, J.-P. ; Anada, T. ; Nakamura, S. ; Kobayashi, T.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Kanagawa Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
A novel single-mode and polarization-maintaining three-dimensional optical waveguide is proposed. The structure of the optical waveguide proposed here consists of lamination of very thin-films of two optical materials with different refractive indices and the rib-type waveguide for the confinement of the optical field in the vertical and horizontal direction, respectively. The method of analysis is based on the equivalent multimode transmission line model and the transverse resonance condition. This method is used to investigate the propagation properties of the guided wave for various structure parameters. Some numerical results are presented.<>
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical films; optical waveguide theory; optical waveguides; 3D waveguide; multilayer thin-film waveguides; multimode transmission line model; optical field; polarization-maintaining three-dimensional optical waveguide; propagation properties; refractive indices; rib-type waveguide; single-mode waveguide; structure parameters; transverse resonance condition; Lamination; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical films; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1991., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-591-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1991.147078
