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Opt Express. 2015 Feb 09;23(3):3142-55. doi: 10.1364/OE.23.003142.

Inverse scattering designs of dispersion-engineered planar waveguides.

Optics express

Alexander R May, Francesco Poletti, Michalis N Zervas

PMID: 25836173 DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.003142

Abstract

We have introduced a semi-analytical IS technique suitable for multipole, rational function reflection coefficients, and used it for the design of dispersion-engineered planar waveguides. The technique is used to derive extensive dispersion maps, including higher dispersion coefficients, corresponding to three-, five- and seven-pole reflection coefficients. It is shown that common features of dispersion-engineered waveguides such as refractive-index trenches, rings and oscillations come naturally from this approach when the magnitude of leaky poles in increased. Increasing the number of poles is shown to offer a small but measureable change in higher order dispersion with designs dominated by a three pole design with a leaky pole pair of the smallest modulus.

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