Abstract
Nyquist sampling theorem reveals the possibility of sampling the continuous refractive index profiles of optical waveguides at periods greater than the free-space wavelength, . Binary encoding of these analog waveguides is investigated using the zero-order effective medium theory, while conserving the quantization of the modal spectrum implied by their boundary conditions. Both analytical and numerical approaches are developed for this analog-to-digital (A-to-D) conversion. An example is presented for the A-to-D conversion of a graded index waveguide with a hyperbolic secant profile at a sample period of . The results are confirmed using a beam propagation method.
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