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Inverse Design in the Complex Plane: Manipulating Quasi-Normal Modes

Optics 2022-11-30 v2

Abstract

Utilising the fact that the frequency response of a material can be decomposed into the quasi-normal modes supported by the system, we present two methods to directly manipulate the complex frequencies of quasi-normal modes in the complex plane. We first consider an `eigen-permittivity' approach that allows one to find how to shift the permittivity of the structure everywhere in order to place a single quasi-normal mode at a desired complex frequency. Secondly, we then use perturbation theory for quasi-normal modes to iteratively change the structure until a given selection of quasi-normal modes occur at desired complex frequencies.

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@article{arxiv.2206.13863,
  title  = {Inverse Design in the Complex Plane: Manipulating Quasi-Normal Modes},
  author = {James R Capers and Dean A Patient and Simon A R Horsley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.13863},
  year   = {2022}
}
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