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Rib sidewall scattering loss estimation for trapezoidal optical waveguide

M. H. IBRAHIM1,* , N. M. KASSIM1, A. B. MOHAMMAD1, A. S. M. SUPA’AT1

Affiliation

  1. Photonics Technology Centre, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University Technology Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

Abstract

A new technique to estimate the scattering loss due to sidewall surface roughness amplitude and sidewall angle for trapezoidal cross section waveguide has been demonstrated. The proposed technique has been based on the modified Tien’s formulation for scattering loss mechanism as a mathematical model and combination of effective index method and beam propagation method for problem solving tools. The simulated results have been compared with previous researchers and mutual agreement has been observed.

Keywords

Scattering loss, Trapezoidal cross section optical waveguide, Surface roughness, Effective index method, Beam propagation Method.

Citation

M. H. IBRAHIM, N. M. KASSIM, A. B. MOHAMMAD, A. S. M. SUPA’AT, Rib sidewall scattering loss estimation for trapezoidal optical waveguide, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 9, September 2009, pp.917-920 (2009).

Submitted at: June 26, 2009

Accepted at: Sept. 15, 2009