Nonreciprocal polarization converter consisting of asymmetric waveguide with magnetooptic cladding: Theory and simulation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 769-776

  Amemiya, Tomohiro ^a   Tanemura, Takuo ^a   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerium substituted yttrium iron garnet (Ce:YIG); Finite difference method (FDM) method; III V semiconductor; Magnetooptical effect; Photonic integrated circuits (PICs); Polarization converter; Waveguide optical isolator

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC WAVEGUIDES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHOD (FDM) METHOD; III-V SEMICONDUCTOR; INGAASP; INP; NONRECIPROCAL; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (PICS); POLARIZATION CONVERTER; POLARIZATION CONVERTERS; POLARIZATION STATE; YTTRIUM IRON GARNETS;

CERIUM; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GARNETS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MICROWAVE ISOLATORS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; POLARIZATION; SILICATE MINERALS; VIBRATION CONTROL; WAVEGUIDE ISOLATORS; WAVEGUIDES; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 67249090940     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2013123     Document Type: Article

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