Optical waveguide isolator based on nonreciprocal loss/gain of amplifier covered by ferromagnetic layer

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1012-1014

  Zaets, Wadim ^a,b   Ando, Koji ^a  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

^b TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAGNETIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TENSORS; WAVEGUIDE ISOLATORS;

ABSORBING MAGNETOOPTIC LAYER; FERROMAGNETIC LAYER; FILM PLANE; NONRECIPROCAL LOSS GAIN; WAVEGUIDE OPTICAL ISOLATORS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032690540     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.775330     Document Type: Article

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