Design of 3D spot-size converter based on a rib waveguide structure

Jisuan Wuli/Chinese Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-178

  Zhang, Xi Fei ^a   Xiao, Jin Biao ^a   Cai, Chun ^a   Zhang, Ming De ^a   Sun, Xiao Han ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

3D tapered waveguide spot size converte (3D T SSC); 3D BPM; Butt coupling; Single mode optical fibers (SMOF)

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

3D BPM; 3D TAPERED WAVEGUIDE SPOT SIZE CONVERTE (3D-T-SSC); ALIGNMENT TOLERANCE; BUTT COUPLING; NONLINEAR LATERAL BOUNDARY; RIB CROSS SECTIONAL OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE; SINGLE MODE OPTICAL FIBERS (SMOF); TAPER LENGTH;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 19044386999     PISSN: 1001246X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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