Optical isolator using two tandem phase modulators

Optics Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 4293-4295

  Doerr, Christopher R ^a   Dupuis, Nicolas ^a   Zhang, Liming ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INP; INTEGRATED OPTICAL ISOLATOR; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; OPTICAL ISOLATORS; PHASE MODULATOR; SINGLE-FREQUENCY; TWO PHASE;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE MODULATION; WAVEGUIDE ISOLATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 80455129938     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.36.004293     Document Type: Article

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