Abstract
•Optical integrated circuits is proposed by honeycomb structure.•Two independent modes are observed by TE and TM mode characteristics.•Using FDTD method, all optical logic gate characterization is studied.
In this paper, a novel microstructure of all the optical logical gates in the 2D honeycomb photonic crystal (2D-HPhC) for optical integrated circuits applications is designed and simulated. In most similar structures, the designs are limited to applications and on the other hand, are limited to the type of optical signal polarization mode (TE or TM). The proposed microstructure is important advantages, including being independent of polarization modes (ie, the proposed logic gate works well with both TM and TE polarization modes), and covers the all-basic logic gates such as AND, OR, NOT, NOR, NAND, XOR, and XNOR. The dimension is very small (suitable for integration), and very low delay time (high speed). The microstructure has three input waveguides (A, B, C) and one output waveguide (Q). The minimum delay time in NAND gate is 0.7 ps. The contrast ratio between the output and input for different gates are 6 dB ∼ 17 dB. The transmission signal rate at best in the XNOR and AND logic gates, and equal to T = 96%. The main function of the microstructure is to use reference input. Reference or controller Input (C) is very important, and by changing the signal phase angle (φ=0° ∼ φ=π°) at this input, all basic logic gates are designed.