Modulated coupled nanowires for ultrashort pulses

Abstract

We predict analytically and confirm with numerical simulations that inter-mode dispersion in nanowire waveguide arrays can be tailored through periodic waveguide bending, facilitating flexible spatio-temporal reshaping without break-up of femtosecond pulses. This approach allows simulta- neous and independent control of temporal dispersion and spatial diffraction that are often strongly connected in nanophotonic structures.