Broadband circulators based on directional coupling of one-way waveguides
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Qiu, Wenjun
Wang, Zheng
Soljacic, Marin
Date Issued
October 2011
Journal
Optics Express
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Optical Society of America
Citation
Qiu, Wenjun, Zheng Wang, and Marin Soljačić. “Broadband Circulators Based on Directional Coupling of One-way Waveguides.” Optics Express 19.22 (2011): 22248. © 2011 OSA
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Abstract
Resonator-based optical circulators are fundamentally bandwidth-limited by their quality factors. We propose a new type of circulator based on directional coupling between one-way photonic chiral edge states and conventional two-way waveguides. The operational bandwidth of such circulators is tied to the bandwidth of the directional waveguide coupler and has the potential for simultaneous broadband operation and small device footprint.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. School of Science
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https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.022248