Integration of magneto-optic garnet waveguides and polarizers for optical isolators

Author

Sung, Sang-Yeob ; Qi, Xiaoyuan ; Stadler, Bethanie J.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

YIG waveguides and polarizers were integrated monolithically onto semiconductors. The waveguide losses were 1.55 dB/mm with Faraday rotations of 0.2 dB/mm. Birefringence was minimized by optimized etching. Photonic crystal polarizers and biasing films completed the isolator.

Keywords

Faraday effect; etching; integrated optics; magneto-optical devices; monolithic integrated circuits; optical fabrication; optical isolators; optical losses; optical materials; optical polarisers; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; Faraday rotation; YIG polarizer; biasing films; birefringence; magneto-optic garnet waveguides; monolithic integration; optical isolators; photonic crystal polarizer; semiconductors; waveguide loss; Birefringence; Etching; Garnets; Integrated optics; Isolators; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; (130.3130) Integrated optics materials; (230.3810) Magneto-optic systems; (230.5298) Photonic crystals; (240.5445) Polarization-selective devices; (250.5300) Photonic integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571735