%0 Journal Article
%T Strong group velocity dispersion compensation with phase-engineered sheet metamaterials
%A Babak Dastmalchi
%A Philippe Tassin
%A Thomas Koschny
%A Costas M. Soukoulis
%J Physics
%D 2014
%I arXiv
%R 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.115123
%X Resonant metamaterials usually exhibit substantial dispersion, which is considered a shortcoming for many applications. Here we take advantage of the ability to tailor the dispersive response of a metamaterial introducing a new method of group-velocity dispersion compensation in telecommunication systems. The method consists of stacking a number of highly dispersive sheet metamaterials and is capable of compensating the dispersion of optical fibers with either negative or positive group-velocity dispersion coefficients. We demonstrate that the phase-engineered metamaterial can provide strong group-velocity dispersion management without being adversely affected by large transmission loss, while at the same time offering high customizability and small footprint.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.7925v1