Evanescent semiconductor active optical isolators for low insertion loss and high gain saturation power

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1414-1419

  Shimizu, Hiromasa ^a   Goto, Syunsuke ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evanescent waveguide; Fe; Gain saturation; InGaAsP; Nonreciprocal loss; Optical isolator; Photonic integrated circuit; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT WAVEGUIDES; GAIN SATURATION; INGAASP; NONRECIPROCAL LOSS; OPTICAL ISOLATOR; OPTICAL ISOLATORS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WAVEGUIDES;

WAVEGUIDE ISOLATORS;

EID: 77951958597     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2042787     Document Type: Article

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