We propose a method to bend a self-collimated beam in a photonic crystal. The beam bending relies on the gradual variation of the constitutive parameters of the photonic crystal. A new Y-shaped beam splitter is designed with a composite structure constructed using two graded photonic crystals. We demonstrate that the incident beam is divided into two output beams by the designed splitter. The power ratio of the two beams can be adjusted easily by changing the location of the input beam.
Electromagnetically induced transparency(EIT)phenomenon is observed in simple metamaterial which consists of concentric double U-shaped resonators(USRs).The numerical and theoretical analysis reveals that EIT arises from the bright-bright mode coupling.The transmission spectra at different polarization angle of incident light shows that EIT transparency window is polarization sensitive.More interestingly,Fano resonance appears in the transmission spectrum at certain polarization angles.The sharp and asymmetric Fano lineshape is high valuable for sensing.The performance of sensor is investigated and the sensitivity is high up to 327 GHz/RIU.Furthermore,active control of EIT window is realized by incorporating photosensitive silicon.The proposed USR structure is simple and compact,which may find significant applications in tunable integrated devices such as biosensor,filters,and THz modulators.
