All-Optical Diode Suppressing Broadband Backward Transmission Using Single- and Four-Port Photonic Crystal Cavities

We present an all-optical diode suppressing broadband backward transmission using single-port and four-port photonic crystal (PC) cavities and its operation principle. We find that, by combining a four-port PC cavity and two power-dependent phase shifters that are composed by a 3-dB power divider an...

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Main Authors: Takanori Sato, Takeshi Fujisawa, Kunimasa Saitoh
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
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author Takanori Sato
Takeshi Fujisawa
Kunimasa Saitoh
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Kunimasa Saitoh
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description We present an all-optical diode suppressing broadband backward transmission using single-port and four-port photonic crystal (PC) cavities and its operation principle. We find that, by combining a four-port PC cavity and two power-dependent phase shifters that are composed by a 3-dB power divider and two single-port PC cavities, the backward transmission in the nonlinear-resonator-based all-optical diode becomes theoretically 0% for any input power and any input wavelength. To confirm the validity of our approach, the numerical analysis based on the nonlinear beam propagation method as well as the coupled mode theory is performed. The results prove that the forward transmission of −4 dB and large nonreciprocal transmission ratio of 35 dB are achievable.
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spelling doaj-art-d815f3fb17b04b15adc3df560eeff1652025-08-20T03:32:58ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-0111111410.1109/JPHOT.2018.28886328581445All-Optical Diode Suppressing Broadband Backward Transmission Using Single- and Four-Port Photonic Crystal CavitiesTakanori Sato0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8460-6162Takeshi Fujisawa1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1901-5531Kunimasa Saitoh2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9622-1825Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JapanGraduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JapanGraduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JapanWe present an all-optical diode suppressing broadband backward transmission using single-port and four-port photonic crystal (PC) cavities and its operation principle. We find that, by combining a four-port PC cavity and two power-dependent phase shifters that are composed by a 3-dB power divider and two single-port PC cavities, the backward transmission in the nonlinear-resonator-based all-optical diode becomes theoretically 0% for any input power and any input wavelength. To confirm the validity of our approach, the numerical analysis based on the nonlinear beam propagation method as well as the coupled mode theory is performed. The results prove that the forward transmission of −4 dB and large nonreciprocal transmission ratio of 35 dB are achievable.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8581445/Photonic crystal cavityresonatorall-optical deviceand nonlinear optics.
spellingShingle Takanori Sato
Takeshi Fujisawa
Kunimasa Saitoh
All-Optical Diode Suppressing Broadband Backward Transmission Using Single- and Four-Port Photonic Crystal Cavities
IEEE Photonics Journal
Photonic crystal cavity
resonator
all-optical device
and nonlinear optics.
title All-Optical Diode Suppressing Broadband Backward Transmission Using Single- and Four-Port Photonic Crystal Cavities
title_full All-Optical Diode Suppressing Broadband Backward Transmission Using Single- and Four-Port Photonic Crystal Cavities
title_fullStr All-Optical Diode Suppressing Broadband Backward Transmission Using Single- and Four-Port Photonic Crystal Cavities
title_full_unstemmed All-Optical Diode Suppressing Broadband Backward Transmission Using Single- and Four-Port Photonic Crystal Cavities
title_short All-Optical Diode Suppressing Broadband Backward Transmission Using Single- and Four-Port Photonic Crystal Cavities
title_sort all optical diode suppressing broadband backward transmission using single and four port photonic crystal cavities
topic Photonic crystal cavity
resonator
all-optical device
and nonlinear optics.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8581445/
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