Twisted Bands with Degenerate Points of Photonic Hypercrystals in Infrared Region
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Unique Modes and Twisted Bands of PHCs
3.2. Switching Based on SC Effect
3.3. PHCs with CaF2 and Si Matrices
3.4. Full Electromagnetic Calculations of PHCs
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Switching Time | Insertion Loss | Crosstalk | Power Consumption | |
---|---|---|---|---|
MEMS | 10–20 ms | Low | Low | Medium |
liquid crystal | 100 ms | Medium | Medium | Low |
SOA | ~ns | Very low | Low | High |
MZI | ~ns | High | High | Medium |
PHC * | ~ns | Medium | Medium | Medium |
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Zheng, Y.; Wang, Q.; Lin, M.; Bibbò, L.; Ouyang, Z. Twisted Bands with Degenerate Points of Photonic Hypercrystals in Infrared Region. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 1985. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12121985
Zheng Y, Wang Q, Lin M, Bibbò L, Ouyang Z. Twisted Bands with Degenerate Points of Photonic Hypercrystals in Infrared Region. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(12):1985. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12121985
Chicago/Turabian StyleZheng, Yaoxian, Qiong Wang, Mi Lin, Luigi Bibbò, and Zhengbiao Ouyang. 2022. "Twisted Bands with Degenerate Points of Photonic Hypercrystals in Infrared Region" Nanomaterials 12, no. 12: 1985. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12121985