On the Chiroferrite Medium-Based Waveguide Dispersion Compensator

The letter investigates a kind of dispersion compensator composed of dual-core planar waveguide separated by isotropic dielectric medium. Both the resonantly coupled cores are comprised of anisotropic chiroferrite materials. A dielectric clad layer of silicon dioxide is combined adjacent to one of the core sections. Supermodes are generated through mode-coupling at the resonance frequency that lead to the investigation of the group velocity dispersion (GVD) feature of the structure. The chiroferrite material parameters, particularly the chiral admittance and gyrotropy of the cores, play vital roles in achieving high GVDs. A fine tuning of resonance is achieved through proper choice of the core material parameters, and the results would be useful to devise dispersion compensator for usage in communication systems.