Serebryannikov, Andriy E.Andriy E.SerebryannikovLakhtakia, AkhleshAkhleshLakhtakia2020-07-162020-07-162013-03-27Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 6 (55): 1248-1250 (2013)http://hdl.handle.net/11420/6839Asymmetry in a regular dielectric photonic crystal of finite thickness created by periodically altering one of its two pupils results in the exhibition of diode-like passbands that can be switched on/off by injecting/removing a coherent atomic gas.The diode-like operation is accompanied by diffraction-enabled deflection of the transmitted wave, within a stop band of the gas-free structure. Alteration of the oscillator strength can be used to engineer the passband characteristics. Copyright © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.en1098-27602013612481250Wileycoherent atomic gasoptical diodephotonic crystalswitchabilityIngenieurwissenschaftenJournal Article10.1002/mop.27562Other