Anomalous losses in curved waveguides and directional couplers at "magic widths"

Ravi S. Tummidi; Thach Nguyen; Arnan Mitchell; Thomas L. Koch

doi:10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688721

Anomalous losses in curved waveguides and directional couplers at "magic widths"

Ravi S. Tummidi, Thach Nguyen, Arnan Mitchell, Thomas L. Koch

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Abstract

We show that recently-demonstrated "magic width" designs to mitigate TM-like mode radiation losses in high-index-contrast SOI ridge waveguides are significantly impacted by waveguide curvature and coupling elements, requiring additional care in designing high-Q SOI photonics.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	21st Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, LEOS 2008
Pages	521-522
Number of pages	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688721
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	21st Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, LEOS 2008 - Newport Beach, CA, United States Duration: Nov 9 2008 → Nov 13 2008

Publication series

Name	Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS
ISSN (Print)	1092-8081

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Other	21st Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, LEOS 2008
Country/Territory	United States
City	Newport Beach, CA
Period	11/9/08 → 11/13/08

Keywords

Guided waves
Integrated optic materials

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Tummidi, R. S., Nguyen, T., Mitchell, A., & Koch, T. L. (2008). Anomalous losses in curved waveguides and directional couplers at "magic widths". In 21st Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, LEOS 2008 (pp. 521-522). Article 4688721 (Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS). https://doi.org/10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688721

Anomalous losses in curved waveguides and directional couplers at "magic widths". / Tummidi, Ravi S.; Nguyen, Thach; Mitchell, Arnan et al.
21st Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, LEOS 2008. 2008. p. 521-522 4688721 (Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Tummidi, RS, Nguyen, T, Mitchell, A & Koch, TL 2008, Anomalous losses in curved waveguides and directional couplers at "magic widths". in 21st Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, LEOS 2008., 4688721, Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS, pp. 521-522, 21st Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, LEOS 2008, Newport Beach, CA, United States, 11/9/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688721

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