Angular-Momentum-Biased Nanorings to Realize Magnetic-Free Integrated Optical Isolation

ACS Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 198-204

  Sounas, Dimitrios L ^a   Alù, Andrea ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

nonreciprocity; optical circulator; optical isolator; optical nanodevices; spatiotemporal modulation

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DESIGN; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MODULATION; MOMENTUM; NANORINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; WAVEGUIDE ISOLATORS;

ALL-OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; NONRECIPROCITY; OPTICAL CIRCULATOR; OPTICAL ISOLATION; OPTICAL ISOLATORS; OPTICAL NANODEVICES; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84905366973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23304022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ph400058y     Document Type: Article

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