Compact optical circulator based on a uniformly magnetized ring cavity

Photonics and Nanostructures - Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-101

  Śmigaj, Wojciech ^a,c   Magdenko, Liubov ^b   Romero Vivas, Javier ^a   Guenneau, Sébastien ^a   Dagens, Béatrice ^b   Gralak, Boris ^a   Vanwolleghem, Mathias ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Circulators; Coupled mode theory; Fano resonances; Integrated optics; Magneto optics; Resonant cavities

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CAVITY; COUPLED-MODE THEORY; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FABRICATION IMPERFECTIONS; FANO RESONANCES; ISOLATION LEVEL; MAGNETO-OPTICAL; NONRECIPROCAL; OPTICAL CIRCULATOR; PORT-TO-PORT; RESONANT CAVITY; RIB WAVEGUIDES; RING CAVITIES; TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY; TELECOM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CAVITIES;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; MAGNETOS; WAVEGUIDE CIRCULATORS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84856519874     PISSN: 15694410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.photonics.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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