Title :
Polarization crosstalk in high index contrast planar silica waveguides
Author :
Rahman, B.M.A. ; Somasiri, N. ; Windmann, M.
Author_Institution :
City Univ., London, UK
Abstract :
Polarization crosstalk and the effect of the waveguide sidewall slope angle in a planar silica waveguide with high index contrast is calculated by using rigorous full vectorial numerical approaches.
Keywords :
finite element analysis; least squares approximations; light polarisation; modal analysis; optical crosstalk; optical planar waveguides; optical waveguide theory; silicon compounds; variational techniques; H-field based variational formulation; SiO/sub 2/; finite-element methods; high index contrast planar SiO/sub 2/ waveguides; modal hybridness; optical waveguide theory; polarization crosstalk; rigorous full vectorial numerical approaches; vectorial least squares boundary residual method; waveguide sidewall slope angle; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical planar waveguides; Optical waveguide components; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; Silicon compounds;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.1021985
