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Confinement Specific Design of SOI Rib Waveguides with Submicron Dimensions and Single Mode Operation

Optics 2024-12-03 v1 Systems and Control Signal Processing Systems and Control Applied Physics Computational Physics

Abstract

Full-vectorial finite difference method with perfectly matched layers boundaries is used to identify the single mode operation region of submicron rib waveguides fabricated using sili-con-on-insulator material system. Achieving high mode power confinement factors is emphasized while maintaining the single mode operation. As opposed to the case of large cross-section rib waveguides, theoretical single mode conditions have been demonstrated to hold for sub-micron waveguides with accuracy approaching 100%. Both, the deeply and the shallowly etched rib waveguides have been considered and the single mode condition for entire sub-micrometer range is presented while adhering to design specific mode confinement requirements.

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@article{arxiv.2412.01236,
  title  = {Confinement Specific Design of SOI Rib Waveguides with Submicron Dimensions and Single Mode Operation},
  author = {Abdurrahman Javid Shaikh and Abdul Ghani Abro and Mirza Muhammad Ali Baig and Muhammad Adeel Ahmad Siddiqui and Syed Mohsin Abbas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.01236},
  year   = {2024}
}