In the present work, investigated three possibilities of optical key (switch) based on Photonic Crystal, two of these being constructed from a magneto-optic material, designed to operate in the optical frequency range and the last cylinder of dielectric, designed to operate in the terahertz frequency range, both consist of two coupled waveguides resonant cavity. The optical keys consist of material magneto optical, has a cavity formed by cylindrical holes disposed so as to mount concentric rings around a central hole, and the first, with front of coupled waveguides formed a angles of 180o aligned with each other and the resonant cavity. The second side coupled to the waveguide resonant cavity. Are inserted into the magneto-optical material in two- dimensional photonic crystal defects (holes forming a triangular lattice). The optical key constructed by dielectric cylinders arranged in order to mount a square lattice, has a hollow cylinder composed of a nickel-zinc-ferrite, and their wave guides are at an angle of 90o. The devices has two states, a state where there is transmission signal (state on) and a state where the lock signal occurs (state off ), being the transition between them controlled from the variation of an external DC magnetic field H0. The operation of the device is based on the orientation of a dipole mode, excited resonant cavity for electromagnetic signal. In state on no magnetisation dipole nodes align perpendicular to the axis of the waveguides, occurring so the signal transmission, with low insertion losses, While in the State off non-zero external magnetic field the dipole mode is rotated by 90o for coupling the front and to the device with lateral coupling the dipole mode shows a rotation in counterclockwise interrupting signal transmission, with high isolation. For the key cylinder constructed of dielectric, the condition on magnetization is obtained, the dipole mode shows a clockwise rotation transmitting the signal, whereas in state off without external magnetic field, the dipole mode is stationary, with the nodes of the dipole mode aligned with the waveguides stopping the signal transmission.
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