Claim Missing Document
Check
Articles

Found 2 Documents
Search
Journal : Journal of Physics and Its Applications

Optimization of linear taper design of a silicon-slab waveguide Wildan Panji Tresna; Umar Ali Ahmad; Alexander William Setiawan Putra
Journal of Physics and Its Applications Vol 4, No 1 (2021): November 2021
Publisher : Diponegoro University Semarang Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/jpa.v4i1.12495

Abstract

A linear taper is applied on a slab waveguide to control the divergence angle of the light. In this research, the slab waveguide design consists of silicon (Si) and SiO2 as the core and the substrate, respectively. The tapered design is optimized by measuring of Full-Width Half Maximum (FWHM) of the light after propagation in a Finite Different Time Domain (FDTD). The simulation results show that the optimized taper design is obtained when its length LT and width WL are 125 µm and 10 µm, respectively. This value is the optimal length to get the small diffraction angle of light during propagation in the waveguide. Thus, the divergence angle of the input light of the slab waveguide can be minimized by using this structure. One purpose of this research is to develop a miniaturized optical technology that is like the size of a chip.
Propagation loss on a Si-Slab Waveguide: Simulation revisited Wildan Panji Tresna; Takeo Maruyama
Journal of Physics and Its Applications Vol 2, No 1 (2019): November 2019
Publisher : Diponegoro University Semarang Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/jpa.v2i1.6421

Abstract

Slab waveguide is one of the simplest types of optical waveguide, the confinement factor is only determined by the thickness of one side so that the propagation of light passing through it will be confined in the material. The slab waveguide is built from Si as the core material and SiO2 as the substrate. The use of various optical waveguides is very dependent on the objectives to be achieved in its application, for it is very important to know the characteristics of each optical waveguide. In this paper the writer wants to know the characteristics of a slab waveguide, specifically with regard to propagation loss. The simulation results show that the propagation loss in the slab waveguide design that the authors propose is around 0.1dB / mm in TE mode conditions. The occurrence of propagation loss in the simulation is likely due to imperfections in determining the effective material index in the design of the slab waveguide.