The Influence of Geometry on the Loss of Curved Slot Waveguide

Abstract

Abstract In curved slot waveguide devices, there are often waveguide bending situations. Under certain conditions, the smaller the waveguide bending geometry, the more compact device structure; the smaller the bending geometry, the greater the loss caused by waveguide bending. Based on the study of the loss of a curved slot waveguide, this paper combines the geometric dimensions with it to study the influence of the loss. A new method for calculating the loss coefficient caused by the bending of the waveguide: the effective refractive index method with fixed interference correction. Through this method, the relationship between the bending loss coefficient and the width, height and radius of curvature of the dielectric waveguide is analyzed and calculated. Compare the calculation result with the result calculated by the pattern analysis method. Finally, the results were discussed and analyzed. The conformal transformation method and the normalization method of the geometrical size to the bending loss of the waveguide are analyzed, the relationship between the bending geometrical size of the curved narrow slot waveguide and the bending loss is obtained, and the empirical formula for the bending loss is established. From the formula, four Curves of waveguide bending size and bending loss of a common material. Experimental research results show that with the improvement of bending waveguide loss theory and coupling mechanism, low-loss transmission can be achieved under small bending dimensions, so that the integration of overall geometrical dimensions is the development trend of bending.