Limitations of nonlinear optical isolators due to dynamic reciprocity

Nature Photonics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 388-392

  Shi, Yu ^a   Yu, Zongfu ^b   Fan, Shanhui ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL PROCESSING; SILICON PHOTONICS; WAVE TRANSMISSION; WAVEGUIDE ISOLATORS;

INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; LASER PROTECTION; NON-LINEAR OPTICAL; NONLINEAR ISOLATORS; OPTICAL ISOLATORS; PRACTICAL OPERATING CONDITIONS; RECIPROCAL TRANSMISSIONS; RECIPROCITY RELATIONS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84930181766     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2015.79     Document Type: Article

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