Figure 5.
Imaginary parts of the scaled propagation constants β(m)/k0 pertaining to the supermodes of order m = 1 (empty markers) and m = 2 (full markers) of the compound profile in Eq. (16), for w = 2λ0, (a) as a function of the normalized distance D (for |Im(Δε1)| = 0.015), and (b) as a function of the non-Hermiticity parameter |Im(Δε1)| (for D = 1.02).