ANALYSIS OF MULTILAYER SEMICONDUCTOR RIB WAVE-GUIDES WITH HIGH REFRACTIVE-INDEX SUBSTRATES

Authors
BERRY GM BURKE SV HEATON JM WRIGHT DR
Citation
Gm. Berry et al., ANALYSIS OF MULTILAYER SEMICONDUCTOR RIB WAVE-GUIDES WITH HIGH REFRACTIVE-INDEX SUBSTRATES, Electronics Letters, 29(22), 1993, pp. 1941-1942
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
29
Issue
22
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1941 - 1942
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1993)29:22<1941:AOMSRW>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The waveguiding properties of semiconductor rib waveguides with high r efractive index substates are studied using the spectral index method. The propagation constants of leaky modes in such two-dimensional stru ctures are calculated for the first time. The method is applied to the design of high wall GaAs/AlGaAs rib waveguides. Results indicate that the number of low-loss modes can be controlled by careful positioning of the substrate relative to the guiding region.