• DocumentCode
    444176
  • Title

    Broadband optical circulators in two dimensional magneto-optical photonic crystals

  • Author

    Wang, Zheng ; Fan, Shanhui

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    461
  • Abstract
    We show strong magneto-optical hybridization and nonreciprocal characteristics in 2D bismuth-iron-garnet photonic crystal cavities induced by patterned magnetic domains. A Y-junction circulator is demonstrated numerically with a 20 dB bandwidth of 115 GHz at 1550 nm wavelength.
  • Keywords
    bismuth compounds; magnetic domains; magnetic materials; magneto-optical devices; magneto-optical effects; optical circulators; photonic crystals; 115 GHz; 1550 nm; 2D bismuth-iron-garnet photonic crystal cavity; Bi3Fe5O12; broadband optical circulator; magneto-optical hybridization; nonreciprocal characteristics; patterned magnetic domains; two dimensional magneto-optical photonic crystal; Circulators; Gyrotropism; Integrated optics; Magnetic domains; Magnetic materials; Magnetooptic effects; Optical devices; Optical resonators; Photonic crystals; Tellurium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548816
  • Filename
    1548816