Journal of Physics and Its Applications
Vol 4, No 1 (2021): November 2021

Optimization of linear taper design of a silicon-slab waveguide

Wildan Panji Tresna (Research Center for Physics, National Research and Innovation Agency, Banten)
Umar Ali Ahmad (Computer Engineering Department, School of Electrical Engineering, Telkom University, Bandung)
Alexander William Setiawan Putra (3rd System Development Group, Division of Development of Vehicle Technology, Wada Engineering)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Nov 2021

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.

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Journal Info

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jpa

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Subject

Astronomy Earth & Planetary Sciences Materials Science & Nanotechnology Physics

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Journal of Physics and Its Applications (JPA) (e-ISSN: 2622-5956) is open access, International peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-novelty and original research papers and review papers in the field of physics including Radiation Physics, Materials, Geophysics, Theoretical Physics, ...