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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/KJOP.2006.17.1.089

Investigation of Optimal input Angle for Directional Coupler and Field-profile Overshooting  

Lee, Hyun-Shik (Optics and Photonics Elite Research Academy (OPERA) School of information and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Inha University)
O, Beom-Hoan (Optics and Photonics Elite Research Academy (OPERA) School of information and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Inha University)
Choi, Chul-Hyun (Optics and Photonics Elite Research Academy (OPERA) School of information and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Inha University)
Noh, Hyun-Sik (Optics and Photonics Elite Research Academy (OPERA) School of information and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Inha University)
Lee, Seung-Gol (Optics and Photonics Elite Research Academy (OPERA) School of information and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Inha University)
Park, Se-Geun (Optics and Photonics Elite Research Academy (OPERA) School of information and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Inha University)
Lee, El-Hang (Optics and Photonics Elite Research Academy (OPERA) School of information and Communication Engineering, College of Engineering, Inha University)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.17, no.1, 2006 , pp. 89-93 More about this Journal
Abstract
We investigate a method to improve the extinction ratio of directional couplers by controlling the angle of approach to their input ports and controlling the error limit for improving the extinction ratio of the directional coupler. Although relatively large angle of approach to the input port usually causes an error in calculations made by mode propagation analysis(MPA), optimally designed angle of approach not only minimizes errors in MPA calculations but also can improve extinction ratio by precision control of coupling coefficients of optical modes. We show that abrupt changes in approaching angle, although not enough to cause modal leakage, give rise to field-profile overshooting, which degrades extinction ratio and other properties of the directional coupler. Using Beam Propagation Method (BPM) we calculate two types of input structures, linear and curved, for optimization of extinction ratio.
Keywords
Direction coupler; Field-profile overshooting; Coupling coefficient; Extinction ratio; BPM(Beam Propagation Method);
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