• DocumentCode
    421534
  • Title

    High speed surface magneto-plasmon reflectivity modulator

  • Author

    Chau, K.J. ; Irvine, Scott E. ; Elezzabi, A.Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We propose a magneto-optic (MO) modulator based on surface magneto-plasmons in a rare-earth garnet. The modulator has improved efficiency over MO modulation by bulk propagation, is capable of multi-gigahertz operation, and has a tunable bandwidth.
  • Keywords
    garnets; high-speed optical techniques; magneto-optical modulation; optical tuning; reflectivity; surface plasmons; bulk propagation; high speed modulator; magneto-optic modulator; multigigahertz operation; rare-earth garnet; reflectivity; surface magneto-plasmon; tunable bandwidth;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1360726