Modelling of the effects of thermal gradients on optical propagation in polymer multimode tapered waveguides in optical backplanes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5579, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 359-366

  Rashed, Atef M ^a   Selviah, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

FD BPM; Optical backplane; Polymer multimode tapered waveguide; Source misalignment; Thermal gradient

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

FD-BPM; OPTICAL BACKPLANES; POLYMER MULTIMODE TAPERED WAVEGUIDES; SOURCE MISALIGNMENT;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 21944433458     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.567127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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