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
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;
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
