Title :
Optical waveguide lens with modulated width designed by wavefront matching method
Author :
Saida, T. ; Sakamaki, Y. ; Hashimoto, T. ; Shibata, T. ; Takahashi, H. ; Suzuki, S.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Lab., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
We use our recently proposed wavefront matching method to design waveguide lenses with modulated widths. We fabricated a waveguide lens pair in a silica waveguide, and confirmed its operational principle experimentally.
Keywords :
lenses; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical waveguide components; silicon compounds; SiO2; optical waveguide lens design; optical waveguide lens fabrication; silica waveguide; wavefront matching method; Circuits; Holographic optical components; Holography; Lenses; Optical attenuators; Optical design; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202110