Tilt, offset, and end-separation loss of lowest-order slab waveguide mode

1 November 1986

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Journal of Lightwave Technology

Vol. 4 (11) , 1647-1650
https://doi.org/10.1109/jlt.1986.1074664

Abstract

This paper presents a simple theory for approximating the fundamental mode of a symmetric slab waveguide by a Gaussian function. The results of this theory are then used to derive simple formulas for tilt, offset, and end-separation losses of the fundamental slab mode.

Keywords

SLABS
OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES
PROPAGATION CONSTANT
OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE THEORY
OPTICAL LOSSES
OPTICAL FIBERS
OPTICAL DEVICES
DIELECTRIC THIN FILMS
DIELECTRIC LOSSES
REFRACTIVE INDEX

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