Phase-locked arrays of antiguides: model content and discrimination

Three classes of array modes of closely spaced antiguides are analyzed: coupled fundamental (element) modes, coupled first-order (element) modes, and modes adjacent to coupled fundamental modes. The behavior of coupled fundamental modes as a function of lateral index step is analyzed and explained from a ray-optics point of view. It is found that at resonance, for both coupled fundamental and first-order modes, the array-mode propagation constant is virtually identical to the propagation constant of the mode of a single, unperturbed antiguide. Several types of mode discrimination mechanisms are discussed. For devices with 3- mu m-wide antiguide cores and 1- mu m interelement spacing, intermodal discrimination values of 15-20 cm/sup -1/ can be achieved. Excellent agreement is found between experimental data and theoretical predictions based on the effective-index method. >

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