Title :
Nano-structured magnetic photonic crystals for magneto-optic polarization controllers at the communication-band wavelengths
Author :
Nur-E-Alam, Mohammad ; Vasiliev, Mikhail ; Alameh, Kamal
Author_Institution :
Electron Sci. Res. Inst., Edith Cowan Univ., Joondalup, WA, Australia
Abstract :
We investigate the properties of optimized magnetic photonic crystal structures for use in integrated-optics polarization controllers. We engineer the enhancement of Faraday rotation near 1550 nm and describe a novel hysteresis-based driving scheme suitable for implementing ultra-fast polarization controllers.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; annealing; bismuth; dysprosium compounds; gadolinium compounds; gallium; garnets; integrated optics; iron compounds; light polarisation; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic thin films; nanostructured materials; optical multilayers; photonic crystals; remanence; sputter deposition; titanium compounds; Faraday rotation; RF magnetron sputtering; TiO2-Gd3Ga5O12-Bi2DyFe4.3Ga0.7O12; garnet films; high-temperature annealing; hysteresis-based driving scheme; integrated optics; magnetic hysteresis loops; magneto-optic polarization controllers; magneto-optic quality; nanostructured magnetic photonic crystals; remnant magnetization; uniaxial magnetic anisotropy; Communication system control; Crystalline materials; Garnets; Magnetic materials; Optical control; Optical fiber polarization; Optical materials; Optical polarization; Photonic crystals; Saturation magnetization; Faraday rotation; magneto-optic garnet materials; magnetophotonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2009. NUSOD 2009. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gwangju
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4180-8
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2009.5297226
