Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 12, Issue 10, 102301(2014)

Ultra-wideband optical diode based on photonic crystal 90° bend and directional coupler

Jin Lu1, Hongliang Ren1,2, Shuqin Guo1, Dongyuan Gu1, Hao Wen1, Yali Qin1, Shouli Zhou1, Weisheng Hu2, and Chun Jiang2
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  • 1College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
  • 2State Key Laboratories of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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    We propose an ultra-wideband optical diode device based on two-dimensional square-lattice photonic crystals. For the device, the odd mode is completely transmitted in one direction and converted to the fundamental even mode, but completely reflected in the other direction. The operation bandwidth of the device is preserved within a rather wide range of frequencies, which is over 6.5% of the central frequency. A directional coupler and 90° bend are utilized as the composite function device with mode filter and mode converter. It is possible that the photonic crystal device can help to construct on-chip optical logical devices and benefit greatly to the optical systems with multiple spatial modes.

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    Jin Lu, Hongliang Ren, Shuqin Guo, Dongyuan Gu, Hao Wen, Yali Qin, Shouli Zhou, Weisheng Hu, Chun Jiang. Ultra-wideband optical diode based on photonic crystal 90° bend and directional coupler[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2014, 12(10): 102301

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    Received: Mar. 20, 2014

    Accepted: Jul. 16, 2014

    Published Online: Sep. 28, 2014

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    DOI:10.3788/col201412.102301

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