基于多个圆环嵌套结构单元, 设计、加工与测试了一种对偏振无依赖以及大角度入射稳定的三波段超材料宽带带通滤波器(BPF)。仿真结果表明该滤波器存在三个通带, 中心频率分别为7.22, 10.10, 14.46 GHz, 3 dB相对带宽分别为17.5%, 20.2%和17.4%, 中心频率处透射率分别为-0.85 dB, -0.69 dB和-1.73 dB。单元结构具有旋转对称性, 使得该滤波器对电磁波偏振不敏感, 并且在入射角达到40°时, 三个波段依然维持较好的稳定性。通过监测谐振频点处的表面电流分布情况, 分析了三波段滤波的物理机理。这种带通滤波器具有多波段滤波、偏振无依赖以及大角度入射稳定等特性, 有望在多频谱成像技术、信息通信等领域发挥一定的作用。

We propose a new type of Y-branch power splitter and beam expander with scales of microns in two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals (PCs) by drilling air holes in a silicon slice. Its functionality and performance are numerically investigated and simulated by finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. Simulation results show that the splitter can split a TE polarized light beam into two parallel sub-beams and the distance between them is tunable by changing the parameters of the splitter, while the expander can expand a narrow beam into a wider one, which is realized in an integrated optical circuit. The proposed device is based on the avoiding of anomalous reflection effect and the coupling transmission of defect modes of the interfaces.

We project a compact T-branch beam splitter with a micron scale using a two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal (PC). For TE polarization, one light beam can be split into two sub-beams along opposite directions. The propagating directions of the two splitting beams remain unchanged when the incident angle varies in a certain range. Coupled-mode theory is used to analyze the truncating interface structure in order to investigate the energy loss of the splitter. Simulation results and theoretical analysis show that choosing an appropriate location of the truncating interface (PC-air interface) is very important for obtaining high efficiency due to the effect of defect modes. The most advantage of this kind of beam splitter is being fabricated and integrated easily.

Polarization independent bends and beam splitters for transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarizations have been demonstrated in two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystals (PhCs). In virtuel of equi-frequency contour analysis and finite-difference time-domain calculations, self-collimation behaviors for TE- and TM-polarizations are achieved at the same frequency. Simulation results show a 90-degree bend with 90% efficiency and beam splitters with about 96% total efficiency for both TE- and TM-polarizations, where the light is self-guided by the self-collimation effect. Such bends and beam splitters are expected to play important roles in optical devices where polarization insensitivity is needed.