Waveguide lenses are a critical component of many integrated optical devices. A new design method is presented, which allows the fabrication of high-performance lenses by conventional photolithography and diffusion processes. The focussing properties of these lenses have been computer simulated using a ray tracing approach. The evaluated characteristics are very good and suggest that these lenses can find immediate applications in integrated optical signal processors.

Date Published: 10 July 1987
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 0701, 1986 European Conf on Optics, Optical Systems and Applications, (10 July 1987); doi: 10.1117/12.937052

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 0701:
1986 European Conf on Optics, Optical Systems and Applications
Stefano Sottini; Silvana Trigari, Editor(s)