Title :
Integrated optical circulators and isolators on a ultra-low-loss silicon nitride platform
Author :
Bowers, John E. ; Pintus, P. ; Heck, Martijn J. R. ; Di Pasquale, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We show our progress on ring-based optical isolators and circulators, designed on both silica and silicon based photonic integration platforms. Isolation levels of better than -20 dB have been shown theoretically and -9 dB experimentally.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical circulators; optical design techniques; optical isolators; optical losses; silicon; silicon compounds; Si-Si3N4; SiO2-Si3N4; integrated ring-based optical circulator; integrated ring-based optical isolator; isolation levels; silica based photonic integration; silicon based photonic integration; ultralow-loss silicon nitride platform; Circulators; Isolators; Optical amplifiers; Optical polarization; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5059-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614493
