A magnetic non-reciprocal isolator for broadband terahertz operation

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Shalaby, Mostafa ^a   Peccianti, Marco ^b   Ozturk, Yavuz ^a,c   Morandotti, Roberto ^a  

^a INRS EMT   (Canada)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON OXIDE; STRONTIUM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; REFLECTANCE;

ARTICLE; FARADAY ISOLATOR; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAGNET; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; ROTATION; TERAHERTZ RADIATION; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84875902410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2572     Document Type: Article

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