Abstract

Topological waveguides have been extensively studied for their robust transmission properties immune to defects and their application potentials for microwave and terahertz integrated circuits. In this article, by using grounded planar valley-Hall photonic topological insulators, a high-efficiency topological directional coupler fed directly by microstrip line with configurable coupling coefficient is theoretically proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The topological directional coupler consists of two coupled topological waveguides, which can be directly integrated with microstrip circuits. Different coupling coefficients were achieved by configuring the coupling between the two topological waveguides. Both simulation and measurement demonstrated the proposed designs. In addition, the proposed design is applicable in both microwave and terahertz bands.

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