Photonic Integrated Circuits

Material references & optical models

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COUPLING LOSS (SMF ↔ CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE)

Butt-coupling between SMF and a rectangular channel waveguide (modal overlap, EIM-based).

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EFFECTIVE INDEX OF SILICA

Strip waveguide, EIM (TE-TE) with Sellmeier core index

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REFRACTIVE INDEX OF FUSED SILICA

Sellmeier equation (Malitson 1965), λ = 0.25 – 2.5 μm

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V-B CURVE (SINGLE-MODE CONDITION)

Symmetric step-index slab waveguide. Single-mode condition: V < π/2.