Title :
High speed surface magneto-plasmon reflectivity modulator
Author :
Chau, K.J. ; Irvine, Scott E. ; Elezzabi, A.Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Abstract :
We propose a magneto-optic (MO) modulator based on surface magneto-plasmons in a rare-earth garnet. The modulator has improved efficiency over MO modulation by bulk propagation, is capable of multi-gigahertz operation, and has a tunable bandwidth.
Keywords :
garnets; high-speed optical techniques; magneto-optical modulation; optical tuning; reflectivity; surface plasmons; bulk propagation; high speed modulator; magneto-optic modulator; multigigahertz operation; rare-earth garnet; reflectivity; surface magneto-plasmon; tunable bandwidth;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
