INTEGRATED OPTICAL ISOLATOR BASED ON NONRECIPROCAL HIGHER-ORDER MODE CONVERSION

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SHINTAKU, T
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[1] NTT Opto-Electronics Laboratories, Tokai, Ibaraki-ken
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10.1063/1.113476
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O59 [应用物理学];
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An integrated optical isolator based on nonreciprocal conversion from a fundamental TM mode to a higher-order TE mode is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The isolator is realized using a single-mode rib channel waveguide in Ce-substituted yttrium iron garnet which has a very large Faraday rotation. 24 dB isolation is obtained at a wavelength of 1550 nm.© 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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