Integrated optical circulator based on radiatively coupled magneto-optic waveguides

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 889-895

  Lohmeyer, Manfred ^a   Shamonin, Mikhail ^a,b   Hertel, Peter ^a,c,d,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^g CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Magneto optic circulator; Magneto optic isolator; Radiatively coupled waveguides; Three guide coupler

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041446767     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601255     Document Type: Article

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