Title :
Magneto-photonic crystal slab waveguides with lower-refractive-index claddings
Author :
Kono, Naoya ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Information Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
Magneto-photonic crystal slab waveguides which include nanoporous SiO2 with a very low refractive index as the cladding material, exhibit low losses and high nonreciprocal phase shifts without the need for holes extended to the claddings.
Keywords :
claddings; magneto-optical devices; nanoporous materials; optical losses; optical waveguide theory; photonic crystals; refractive index; silicon compounds; SiO2; lower-refractive-index claddings; magneto-photonic crystal slab waveguides; nanoporous SiO2; nonreciprocal phase shifts; Magnetic devices; Magnetic materials; Nanoporous materials; Nonlinear optics; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215882