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TY - JOUR
T1 - Subwavelength mode profile customisation using functional materials
AU - Gratus, Jonathan
AU - Kinsler, Paul
AU - Letizia, Rosa
AU - Boyd, Taylor
PY - 2017/9/6
Y1 - 2017/9/6
N2 - An ability to completely customize the mode profile in an electromagnetic waveguide would be a useful ability. Currently, the transverse mode profile in a waveguide might be varied, but this is usually a side effect of design constraints, or for control of dispersion. In contrast, here we show how to control the longitudinal (propagation direction) mode profile on a sub-wavelength scale, but without the need for active solutions such as synthesizing the shape by combining multiple Fourier harmonics. This is done by means of a customized permittivity variation that can be calculated either directly from the desired mode profile, or as inspired by e.g. the range of shapes generated by the Mathieu functions. For applications such as charged particle beam dynamics, requiring field profile shaping in free space, we show that it is possible to achieve this despite the need to cut a channel through the medium.
AB - An ability to completely customize the mode profile in an electromagnetic waveguide would be a useful ability. Currently, the transverse mode profile in a waveguide might be varied, but this is usually a side effect of design constraints, or for control of dispersion. In contrast, here we show how to control the longitudinal (propagation direction) mode profile on a sub-wavelength scale, but without the need for active solutions such as synthesizing the shape by combining multiple Fourier harmonics. This is done by means of a customized permittivity variation that can be calculated either directly from the desired mode profile, or as inspired by e.g. the range of shapes generated by the Mathieu functions. For applications such as charged particle beam dynamics, requiring field profile shaping in free space, we show that it is possible to achieve this despite the need to cut a channel through the medium.
U2 - 10.1088/2399-6528/aa81bb
DO - 10.1088/2399-6528/aa81bb
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1
JO - Journal of Physics Communications
JF - Journal of Physics Communications
SN - 2399-6528
IS - 2
M1 - 025003
ER -