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Dual function twin slotted waveguide for optical pulse compression and dispersion compensation in the second and third telecom windows, respectively

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This paper presents a dual function twin slotted waveguide to compensate the dispersion of conventional optical fibers in third telecom window and compress optical pulse to an ultrashort pulse at the wavelength of 1310 nm. By analyzing the data obtained using finite-difference time-domain method, a very high negative dispersion was obtained as much as − 24,700 ps/nm.km at the wavelength of 1550 nm. Moreover, the value of relative dispersion slope (RDS) for the designed structure was calculated to be 0.00342 nm−1 which is closely match to that of the conventional optical fibers. On the other hand, zero dispersion wavelength for the proposed design was achieved at the wavelength of 1340 nm and by applying an optical pulse with FWHM of 100 fs at the wavelength of 1310 nm, the output pulse was compressed with the compression factor of 13.8 after the waveguide length of 14 mm. The dual functionality of the proposed waveguide due to very high negative dispersion with matched RDS to that of the conventional optical fibers and high compression factor alongside minimum sized structure makes our design very appropriate for optical integration using Y couplers.

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This research has been done in Nano-photonics and Optoelectronics Research Laboratory (NORLab) and the authors would like to thank Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University for supporting of this research project.

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RK designed and simulated the structure, and drafted the manuscript. MS reviewed, and edited the manuscript. SO supervised, reviewed, and edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Karami, R., Seifouri, M. & Olyaee, S. Dual function twin slotted waveguide for optical pulse compression and dispersion compensation in the second and third telecom windows, respectively. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 137, 130 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-022-02350-1

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