Realization of all optical half-adder based on self-collimated beams by two-dimensional photonic crystals》.pdf

Optics Communications 348 (2015) 90–94 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Optics Communications journal homepage: /locate/optcom Realization of all optical half-adder based on self-collimated beams by two-dimensional photonic crystals Yu-Chi Jiang a,b, Shao-Bin Liu a,n, Hai-Feng Zhang a, Xiang-Kun Kong a a Key Laboratory of Radar Imaging and Microwave Photonics (Nanjing Univ. Aeronaut. Astronaut.), Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China b School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: We propose a novel all optical half adder composed of the logic gate XOR and AND which is based on the Received 14 January 2015 self-collimated beams in the two-dimensional photonic crystals. Our proposed structure is consisted of Received in revised form line defect acting as a splitter and the two output ports function as the SUM port and CARRY port. The 6 March 2015 electric field distribution is obtained by the Finite-difference time-domain method. Here, the logic state Accepted 8 March 2015 Available online 11 March 2015 of “1” and “0” at output port are defined as the transmission is larger than 0.5 and less than 0.25, respectively. The design has the advantage of device compactness and valuable for photonic integration Keywords: