SECTORIAL COORDINATES FOR CURVED OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES

Authors
SEWELL P BENSON TM KENDALL PC
Citation
P. Sewell et al., SECTORIAL COORDINATES FOR CURVED OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES, Microwave and optical technology letters, 14(4), 1997, pp. 202-204
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Microwave and optical technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
08952477
Volume
14
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
202 - 204
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-2477(1997)14:4<202:SCFCOW>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Curved optical waveguides are often fabricated of modeled as a success ion of discrete linear segments connected at abrupt directional change s. A novel beam-propagation algorithm is presented that models the exa ct geometry of such a segmented curve. These results are compared with those from a continuous-curve algorithm and show the influence of the segmentation on curvature and transition losses. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.