Achromatic prism-coupler for planar waveguide

Sergio B. Mendes; Lifeng Li; James Burke; S. Scott Saavedra

doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00694-3

Achromatic prism-coupler for planar waveguide

Sergio B. Mendes, Lifeng Li, James Burke, S. Scott Saavedra

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Abstract

We derive the required optical properties of a prism for coupling light achromatically into a planar waveguide. Efficient coupling over a 110 nm spectral bandwidth was experimentally demonstrated with a prism-coupler designed to match the dispersion of a particular waveguide. The design tools described here should be useful in the implementation of broadband attenuated total reflection spectroscopy in the waveguide regime to probe ultrathin and very weakly absorbing molecular submonolayers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	320-326
Number of pages	7
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	136
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(96)00694-3
State	Published - Mar 15 1997
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Achromatic coupler
Integrated optics
Prism-coupler
Surface spectroscopy
Waveguide

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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