Design of a multifunctional integrated optical isolator switch based on nonlinear and nonreciprocal effects

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Alcantara, Licinius D S ^a   Lima, Marcos A C ^a   César, Amílcar C ^a   Borges, Ben Hur V ^a   Teixeira, Fernando L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam propagation method; Finite difference; Genetic algorithm; Integrated optics; Magneto optic medium; Nonlinear medium; Optimization

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTIMIZATION;

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; INTEGRATED OPTICAL ISOLATOR SWITCH; MAGNETO-OPTIC MEDIUM; NONLINEAR MEDIUM;

INTEGRATED OPTICS;

EID: 33747597809     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2139655     Document Type: Article

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