论文信息 - Lossless strip-to-slot waveguide transformer.

Lossless strip-to-slot waveguide transformer.

We present a highly efficient integratable waveguide transformer that is capable of converting Gaussian-like waveguide modes to much more complicated non-Gaussian-like slot-waveguide modes, and vice versa. The structure consists of several pairs of complementary tapers capable of making this mode conversion virtually lossless. The capability of extremely low-loss mode transformation between these two classes of waveguides has been demonstrated by means of single- and double-slot transformers. Our simulation has shown that the total transformation losses are less than 0.01 and 0.02 dB per transformer, respectively, and can be easily achieved, with a total device length of less than 100 microm.

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