Broadband, robust, and tunable beam splitter based on topological unidirectional surface magnetoplasmons
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| author | Hong, Lujun Liu, Chao Wu, Jun He, Chaojian Yuan, Kai Deng, Xiaohua Yang, Song Gao, Zhen |
| author_facet | Hong, Lujun Liu, Chao Wu, Jun He, Chaojian Yuan, Kai Deng, Xiaohua Yang, Song Gao, Zhen |
| contents | Beam splitters are pivotal components in integrated microwave and photonic systems. However, conventional designs based on directional coupling or multi-mode interference often suffer from back scattering, frequency-dependent splitting ratios, and limited bandwidth. To overcome these limitations, here, we propose a new physical mechanism to achieve a broadband, robust, and tunable beam splitter by manipulating the mode coupling of the topological unidirectional surface magnetoplasmons (USMP) at the input and output waveguides. We show that the beam splitter not only exhibits strong robustness against obstacles but also achieves a broad bandwidth across nearly the entire USMP band with arbitrarily tunable and frequency-independent splitting ratios. Moreover, the operating band of the beam splitter can be actively tuned by adjusting the external magnetic field, while its robust and broadband characteristics are retained. Our results extend the research frontier of beam splitters and may have potential applications in integrated photonic devices and modern communication systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Broadband, robust, and tunable beam splitter based on topological unidirectional surface magnetoplasmons Hong, Lujun Liu, Chao Wu, Jun He, Chaojian Yuan, Kai Deng, Xiaohua Yang, Song Gao, Zhen Optics Beam splitters are pivotal components in integrated microwave and photonic systems. However, conventional designs based on directional coupling or multi-mode interference often suffer from back scattering, frequency-dependent splitting ratios, and limited bandwidth. To overcome these limitations, here, we propose a new physical mechanism to achieve a broadband, robust, and tunable beam splitter by manipulating the mode coupling of the topological unidirectional surface magnetoplasmons (USMP) at the input and output waveguides. We show that the beam splitter not only exhibits strong robustness against obstacles but also achieves a broad bandwidth across nearly the entire USMP band with arbitrarily tunable and frequency-independent splitting ratios. Moreover, the operating band of the beam splitter can be actively tuned by adjusting the external magnetic field, while its robust and broadband characteristics are retained. Our results extend the research frontier of beam splitters and may have potential applications in integrated photonic devices and modern communication systems. |
| title | Broadband, robust, and tunable beam splitter based on topological unidirectional surface magnetoplasmons |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08076 |