Title :
On-chip optical isolators and silicon photonics
Author :
Mizumoto, T. ; Shoji, Y. ; Itoh, M. ; Takei, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
On-chip optical isolators are discussed for silicon photonics applications. Magneto-optic phase shift is used for an optical nonreciprocal function in SOI-based Mach-Zehnder interferometers and ring resonators showing good performance characteristics.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; magneto-optical devices; optical isolators; optical resonators; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; SOI; magneto-optic phase shift; on-chip optical isolators; optical nonreciprocal function; photonics; ring resonators; silicon-on-insulator; Isolators; Magnetooptic effects; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276675
