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1School of Science, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China. fengshuai75@163.com
Abstract:
The novel all-optical unidirectional wavelength filters are studied by the finite-difference time-domain method, which are based on the two-dimensional square-lattice photonic crystal with the rectangular defects. Owing to the modes' match and mismatch between the defect and the adjacent waveguides, the unidirectional propagation of the fundamental-mode light beam resonant at a certain frequency is obtained. Through merely altering the coupling region between the defect and the input waveguide, a unidirectional dual-branch waveguide filter is designed. This kind of devices has both the abilities of wavelength filtering and unidirectional light propagation, and may be potentially applied in the future all-optical complex integrated circuits.
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