Photonic Crystal Based All-Optical Switch Using a Ring Resonator and Kerr Effect

References

• S. Bregni, G. G. Stefano, and A. Pattavina, “State of the art of optical switching technology for all-optical networks.” Commun. World, pp. 1–4, 2001.
   Google Scholar
• J. P. P. Carvalho, “Optical switching techniques: device development and implementation in fiber optic technology,” 2007.
   Google Scholar
• J. D. Joannopoulos, S. D. Johnson, J. N. Winn, and R. D. Meade, Molding the Flow of Light. Princeton, NJ [ua]: Princeton Univ. Press, 2008.
   Google Scholar
• H. Alipour-Banaei, S. Serajmohammadi, and F. Mehdizadeh, “All optical nor and NAND gate based on nonlinear photonic crystal ring resonators,” Optik, vol. 125, no. 19, pp.5701–5704, 2014. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2014.06.013.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• S. Robinson and R. Nakkeeran, “Photonic crystal ring resonator-based add drop filters: a review,” Opt. Eng., vol. 52, no. 6, pp.060901, 2013. DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.52.6.060901.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• S. Olyaee and A. A. Dehghani, “High resolution and wide dynamic range pressure sensor based on two-dimensional photonic crystal,” Photonic Sens., vol. 2, no. 1, pp.92–96, 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s13320-011-0044-1.
   Google Scholar
• I. Ouahab and R. Naoum, “A novel all optical 4× 2 encoder switch based on photonic crystal ring resonators,” Optik, vol. 127, no. 19, pp.7835–7841, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2016.05.080.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• T. Zhao, M. Asghari, and F. Mehdizadeh, “An all-optical digital 2-to-1 multiplexer using photonic crystal-based nonlinear ring resonators,” J. Electron. Mater., vol. 48, no. 4, pp.2482–2486, 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s11664-019-06947-8.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• M. M. Gupta and S. Medhekar, “Switching behaviour of nonlinear Mach–Zehnder interferometer based on photonic crystal geometry,” Pramana, vol. 82, no. 6, pp.1061–1074, 2014. DOI: 10.1007/s12043-014-0705-x.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• R. Ghayour, A. N. Taheri, and M. T. Fathi, “Integrated Mach-Zehnder-based 2× 2 all-optical switch using nonlinear two-mode interference waveguide,” Appl. Opt., vol. 47, no. 5, pp.632–638, 2008. DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000632.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• M. A. M. Birjandi, M. K. M. Farshi, and A. Rostami, “Ultrafast low-threshold all-optical switch implemented by arrays of ring resonators coupled to a Mach-Zehnder interferometer arm: based on 2D photonic crystals,” Appl. Opt., vol. 47, no. 27, pp.5041–5050, 2008. DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.005041.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• M. Shirdel and M. A. M. Birjandi, “Photonic crystal all-optical switch based on a nonlinear cavity,” Optik, vol. 127, no. 8, pp.3955–3958, 2016. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2016.01.114.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• M. Sivasindhu and P. Samundiswary, “Compact and efficient PC-based directional coupler all-optical switch,” J. Opt. Commun., 2020.
   Google Scholar
• A. Eshaghi, M. M. Mirsalehi, A. R. Attari, and S. A. M. Abadi, “All-optical switching structure using nonlinear photonic crystal directional coupler,” In PIERS Proceedings, pp. 587–591, 2008.
   Google Scholar
• S. M and P. Samundiswary, “Performance evaluation of GaAs photonic crystal based directional coupler all optical switch,” Int. J. Eng. Technol., vol. 7, no. 3.29, pp.220–224, 2018. DOI: 10.14419/ijet.v7i3.29.18799.
   Google Scholar
• A. Labbani, I. Moumeni, and F. Bounaas, “An ultra small optical switch design based on directional coupler in two-dimensional photonic crystals,” International Conference on Communications and Electrical Engineering (ICCEE), pp. 1–4. IEEE, 2018.
   Google Scholar
• R. Rajasekar, K. Parameshwari, and S. Robinson, “Nano-optical switch based on photonic crystal ring resonator,” Plasmonics, vol. 14, no. 6, pp.1687–1697, 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s11468-019-00955-4.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• M. Ghadrdan and M. A. M. Birjandi, “Implementation of all-optical switch based on nonlinear photonic crystal ring resonator with embedding metallic nanowires in the ring resonators,” Opt. Quantum Electron., vol. 48, no. 5, pp.1–9, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/s11082-016-0552-8.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• M. Djavid et al. “Photonic crystal-based permutation switch for optical networks,” Photonic Netw. Commun., vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 90–96, 2018. DOI: 10.1007/s11107-017-0719-7.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• R. Rajasekar, K. V. Kumar, N. Ayyanar, and G. T. Raja, “High Speed Optical Switch Based on Photonic Crystal Resonator,” IEEE 20th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO) (pp.295–298), IEEE, 2020.
   Google Scholar
• M. Radhouene, N. Monia, and V. Janyani, “Tunable photonic crystal switch based on ring resonators with improved crosstalk and Q-factor,” International Conference on Optical and Photonics Engineering (icOPEN 2016) (Vol. 10250, pp. 197–201). SPIE, 2017.
   Google Scholar
• M. Soljacic and J. D. Joannopoulos, “Enhancement of nonlinear effects using photonic crystals,” Nat. Mater., vol. 3, no. 4, pp.211–219, 2001. DOI: 10.1038/nmat1097.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• S. Johnson and J. Joannopoulos. “Block-iterative frequency-domain methods for Maxwell’s equations in a planewave basis,” Opt. Express, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 173–190, DOI:10.1364/OE.8.000173.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• A. Taflove, “Computational Electrodynamics: the Finite-difference Time-domain Method,” 1995.
   Google Scholar