Title :
Waveguide polarization-independent optical circulator using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Author :
Shintaku, T. ; Sugimoto, N. ; Shimokozono, M. ; Tate, A. ; Kubota, E. ; Kozawaguchi, H. ; Ishii, M. ; Inoue, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We propose and realize a new polarization-independent optical circulator using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer which does not need a polarization-beam splitter. We obtain 14.1-23.7 dB isolation and 3.0-3.3 dB insertion loss at λ=1.55 μm
Keywords :
optical planar waveguides; 1.55 mum; 3 to 3.3 dB; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; dB insertion loss; dB isolation; polarization-beam splitter; polarization-independent optical circulator; waveguide polarization-independent optical circulator;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971611
