• DocumentCode
    1875230
  • Title

    Over 20-dB isolation with 8-nm bandwidth in silicon MZI optical isolator

  • Author

    Shirato, Y. ; Shoji, Yozo ; Mizumoto, Tetsuya

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    28-30 Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    136
  • Lastpage
    137
  • Abstract
    A silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometer-based optical isolator is fabricated by directly bonding a magneto-optical garnet Ce:YIG. By reducing the length of reciprocal phase shifter, an optical isolation > 20 dB is obtained in 8 nm wavelength width.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; cerium; elemental semiconductors; garnets; integrated optics; magneto-optical isolators; optical fabrication; optical phase shifters; silicon; yttrium compounds; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Y3Fe5O12:Ce-Si; direct bonding; magnetooptical garnet; optical isolation; reciprocal phase shifter; silicon MZI optical isolator; wavelength 8 nm; Isolators; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Phase shifters; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5803-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/Group4.2013.6644408
  • Filename
    6644408
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1875230