Applications of magneto-optical waveguides in integrated optics: Review

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 240-253

  Dötsch, Horst ^a   Bahlmann, Norbert ^a,c   Zhuromskyy, Oleksandr ^a   Hammer, Manfred ^a,d   Wilkens, Ludger ^a   Gerhardt, Reinald ^a,e   Hertel, Peter ^a   Popkov, Anatoly F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b Zelenograd Res Inst Phys Problems   (Russian Federation)

^c Wilhelm Karmann GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^e DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GARNETS; GLASS FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FARADAY ROTATION; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; MAGNETIC GARNETS; MAGNETO OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 13344279382     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.22.000240     Document Type: Review

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