External defect immune high quality resonances in microwave topological ring resonator

Abstract

Recently, topological ring resonators (TRRs) have emerged as a burgeoning platform for exploring the topological aspects of photonic systems and resonator dynamics. Integrating topology into cavity dynamics offers a new paradigm to unveil various fascinating phenomena, including backscattering immune wave propagation, unidirectional transmission, and reflection-free energy transport. With this background, we provide a scheme to achieve robust high Q resonances in a metal-based topological photonic crystal (TPC) exhibiting defect-immune spectral characteristics in the microwave frequency regime. Coupled with a ring resonator, our proposed topological platform demonstrates the excitation of high Q resonances in the range 230–540. Except for the resonances, a robust microwave transmission ( ∼0dB ) is observed in the investigated frequency regime 7.1–7.6 GHz depicting a minimal scattering loss even around the sharp corners of the ring resonator. Further, the topological robustness of the propagating microwave and the excited resonances are examined by introducing an external Si obstacle at the domain interface. Our study reveals a minimal transmission loss ( <7dB ) and negligible perturbation ( <8% ) in the Q factors when the Si barrier placed towards the input end of the straight topological waveguide. In addition, we have also demonstrated a novel way of exciting new resonances in the ring resonator that holds considerable promise for designing a TRR-based all-pass notch filter in the microwave regime.