Title :
Design of optical isolators utilizing directional coupling within asymmetric waveguides
Author :
Masashi Hosoda;Jo Sato;Danish Abdul Wahid;Takaya Hattori;Hiromasa Shimizu
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
Abstract :
We designed magneto-optic waveguide isolators based on the nonreciprocal coupling by the coupled mode theory. Optical isolation over 40 dB was estimated with the waveguide length of 700 μm.
Keywords :
"Couplings","Silicon","Optical interferometry","Optical coupling","Optical films","Optical waveguide theory"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7376465