Integrated magneto-optical materials and isolators: A review

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stadler, Bethanie J H ^a   Mizumoto, Tetsuya ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

beatlength; Bi:YIG; birefringences; Ce:YIG; circulators; Faraday rotation; isolators; non reciprocal phase shift; nonreciprocal optics; NRPS; push pull; quasi phase matching; wafer bonding; YIG

Indexed keywords

BEAT LENGTH; NONRECIPROCAL; NRPS; PUSH/PULL; QUASI PHASE MATCHING; YIG;

BIREFRINGENCE; FARADAY EFFECT; MICROWAVE ISOLATORS; WAFER BONDING; WAVEGUIDE CIRCULATORS;

DESIGN;

EID: 84893377408     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2293618     Document Type: Review

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