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Two-Channel Drop Filters of Single Photons using Coupled Microresonator Systems

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Optical filtering with low crosstalk effect and high drop efficiency is of great importance in multi-channel filter structures. We propose a dual-channel drop filter of single photons with high drop efficiency in a configuration with a bus waveguide and two drop waveguides, where these waveguides are mediately coupled by two single-mode whispering gallery resonators with a qubit. By adjusting the waveguide-resonator and qubit-resonator couplings, the crosstalk effects between different peak wavelengths are suppressed, and multi-wavelength filtering with high drop efficiency is availably performed. Therefore, the proposed two-channel filter can provide potential applications in optical communication, such as multiplexers, routers, etc.

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This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. 20212BAB201014).

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Huang, JS., Peng, HQ. Two-Channel Drop Filters of Single Photons using Coupled Microresonator Systems. Int J Theor Phys 62, 42 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-023-05306-y

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