GaInAsP/InP MZI waveguide optical isolator integrated with spot size converter

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 15373-15381

  Sobu, Yohei ^a   Shoji, Yuya ^a   Sakurai, Kazumasa ^a   Mizumoto, Tetsuya ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHASE SHIFTERS; WAVEGUIDE ISOLATORS;

CLADDING LAYER; EFFICIENT COUPLING; MACHZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS (MZI); MAGNETO-OPTICAL; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; OPTICAL ISOLATION; SPOT SIZE CONVERTERS; WAVEGUIDE OPTICAL ISOLATORS;

MICROWAVE ISOLATORS;

EID: 84879891664     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.015373     Document Type: Article

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