Integrated TE and TM optical circulators on ultra-low-loss silicon nitride platform

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 5041-5052

  Pintus, Paolo ^a   Di Pasquale, Fabrizio ^a   Bowers, John E ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Santa Barbara   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRACTIVE INDEX; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

INPUT/OUTPUT; MAGNETO-OPTICAL MATERIALS; MATERIAL STABILITY; MICRORINGS; OPTICAL CIRCULATOR; PULSE LASER DEPOSITION; SCATTERING CO-EFFICIENT; SILICON NITRIDE WAVEGUIDES; TE AND TM MODES; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WAVELENGTH SELECTIVITY;

SILICON NITRIDE;

SILICON DERIVATIVE; SILICON NITRIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; REFRACTOMETRY; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84874507935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.005041     Document Type: Article

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