• DocumentCode
    1662841
  • Title

    Unidirectional optical Bloch oscillations in garnet/silicon-on-insulator waveguide arrays

  • Author

    Kumar, Pradeep ; Levy, Miguel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Michigan Technol. Univ., Houghton, MI, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the existence of unidirectional optical Bloch oscillations in transversely magnetized, garnet/silicon-on-insulator waveguide arrays. This phenomenon enables the design and fabrication of multi-functional on-chip devices.
  • Keywords
    cerium; integrated optics; magneto-optical devices; optical arrays; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Si; YIG:Cr; design; fabrication; garnet-silicon-on-insulator waveguide arrays; multifunctional on-chip devices; unidirectional optical Bloch oscillations; Garnets; Optical amplifiers; Optical arrays; Optical device fabrication; Optical diffraction; Optical waveguides; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325998