• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 31, Issue 2, 213002 (2011)
Gao Yuan*, Zhang Xiaoxia, and Liao Jinkun
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    DOI: 10.3788/aos201131.0213002 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Gao Yuan, Zhang Xiaoxia, Liao Jinkun. Analysis and Optimization of Organic Polymer Asymmetric Bent Waveguide[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2011, 31(2): 213002 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    In order to reduce the length of polymer branch waveguide in Mach-Zehnder(M-Z) electro-optic polymer modulator, asymmetric sine-bend ridge waveguide is researched. The transmission loss of asymmetric sine-bend ridge waveguide under different parameters is systematically studied by using the full-vector finite-difference beam propagation method (FD-BPM). The structure is optimized as ridge width w=4 μm, branch height h=11 μm, slab width on core layer of outboard bend s=2 μm, and length of the bend waveguide L=300 μm. The research results have shown that if the symmetric sine-bend ridge waveguide is replaced by asymmetric sine-bend ridge waveguide, the length of branch waveguide can reduce 40% under the same transmission-loss conditions. The results will have a certain reference value to the design of optical waveguide in polymer M-Z modulator.
    Gao Yuan, Zhang Xiaoxia, Liao Jinkun. Analysis and Optimization of Organic Polymer Asymmetric Bent Waveguide[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2011, 31(2): 213002
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