We demonstrate a fast, accurate for weak waveguiding, approximate solution to the problem of computing the modal reflection and transmission coefficients at a discontinuity between two asymmetric multilayer waveguides together with a rigorous solution to check the validity of the approximate but fast approach. The proposed algorithm is analogous to the widely used approximation proposed by Vassallo [Electron. Lett. 21, 333 (1985)] for the case when the medium after discontinuity is uniform and has a large applicability potential for optoelectronic applications. As an example, the case of optoelectronic integration between an active laser diode and a passive waveguide device is analyzed.

© 2005 Optical Society of America

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Citation lists with outbound citation links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article level metrics are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an OSA member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Log in to access OSA Member Subscription

Related Journal Articles

• Transverse grating-assisted narrow-bandwidth acousto-optic tunable filter (OL)
• Chatoyant: a Computer-Aided- Design Tool for Free-Space Optoelectronic Systems (AO)
• Methods for controlling positions of guided modes of photonic-crystal waveguides (JOSAB)
• Misalignment Tolerance Analysis of Free-Space Optical Interconnects Via Statistical Methods (AO)
• Optoelectronic Microsystems Integration (OPN)

Related Conference Papers

• Polaritonic Bandgap Materials Fabricated and Tested with Femtosecond Laser Machining and Polariton Imaging
• Realization and Characterization of Organic Two-Dimensional Periodic Structures
• Optical Technologies for High Speed Signal Communications in High Performance Servers
• The World’s First InP 8x8 Monolithic Tunable Optical Router (MOTOR) Operating at 40 Gbps Line Rate per Port
• The World’s First InP 8x8 Monolithic Tunable Optical Router (MOTOR) Operating at 40 Gbps Line Rate per Port
• Realization of Multilayer Si/SiO²Super-High N.A. GRIN Lens on Si-Waveguide Coupling to Single-Mode Optical Fibre