Multiport photonic crystal circulators created by cascading magneto-optical cavities

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 703-708

  Wang, Qiong ^a   Ouyang, Zhengbiao ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FEEDBACK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETOS;

ALL-OPTICAL; CASCADED SYSTEM; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MAGNETO-OPTICAL; MAGNETOPHOTONIC CRYSTALS; MULTI-PORT; OUTPUT PORTS; PORT NUMBERS; SIX-PORT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 79959254875     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000703     Document Type: Article

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