• DocumentCode
    608377
  • Title

    The first demonstration of silicon waveguide optical circulator

  • Author

    Mitsuya, K. ; Shoji, Yozo ; Mizumoto, Tetsuya

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A Mach-Zehnder interferometer-based 4-port optical circulator is fabricated in a Si-nanowire waveguide using the direct bonding technique. The circulator operation is demonstrated with the highest isolation of 15.3 dB at a wavelength of 1531 nm.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical circulators; silicon; Mach-Zehnder interferometer-based 4-port optical circulator; Si; direct bonding technique; silicon waveguide optical circulator; silicon-nanowire waveguide; wavelength 1531 nm; Circulators; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0457-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6532517