• DocumentCode
    608855
  • Title

    High isolation in silicon waveguide optical isolator employing nonreciprocal phase shift

  • Author

    Shirato, Y. ; Shoji, Yozo ; Mizumoto, Tetsuya

  • Author_Institution
    Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A silicon nanowire waveguide optical isolator employing nonreciprocal phase shift is fabricated by directly bonding a magneto-optical garnet Ce:YIG. An optical isolation of 28 dB is obtained at a wavelength of 1552 nm.
  • Keywords
    bonding processes; cerium; elemental semiconductors; garnets; integrated optics; magneto-optical isolators; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; silicon; yttrium compounds; Si; YIG:Ce; magnetooptical garnet; nonreciprocal phase shift; silicon nanowire waveguide; silicon waveguide optical isolator; wavelength 1552 nm; Isolators; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6532995