Adiabatic couplers: Design rules and optimization

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-283

  Ramadan, Tarek A ^c,d,e   Scarmozzino, Robert ^c,f   Osgood Jr , Richard M ^{a,b,c,g,h,i,j,k,l}  

^a IEEE

^b OSA ^*

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Ain Shams University ^*  (United States)

^f ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^j LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^k Material Research Society   (United States)

^l USAF Avionics Laboratory ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Adiabatic couplers; Coupled mode analysis; Couplers; Design methodology; Optical couplers; Optical coupling; Optimization methods; Tapered velocity couplers

Indexed keywords

LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

ADIABATIC COUPLERS; BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD (BPM); COUPLED MODE ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0031996607     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.661021     Document Type: Article

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