title: Chirped multilayer hollow waveguides with broadband transmission.
abstract: We show that a genetic algorithm can be used to optimize the layer thicknesses of a hollow waveguide with a multilayer dielectric cladding. It is shown that in such "chirped" hollow waveguide low loss over a wavelength range with more than one octave width can be achieved. We show that dispersion control is possible in such waveguides.
authors.affiliation: Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy Max Born Str. 2a, D-12489 Berlin, Germany. gusakov@mbi-berlin.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Husakov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Herrmann