Title :
The first demonstration of silicon waveguide optical circulator
Author :
Mitsuya, K. ; Shoji, Yozo ; Mizumoto, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A Mach-Zehnder interferometer-based 4-port optical circulator is fabricated in a Si-nanowire waveguide using the direct bonding technique. The circulator operation is demonstrated with the highest isolation of 15.3 dB at a wavelength of 1531 nm.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical circulators; silicon; Mach-Zehnder interferometer-based 4-port optical circulator; Si; direct bonding technique; silicon waveguide optical circulator; silicon-nanowire waveguide; wavelength 1531 nm; Circulators; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
