Abstract
Strategies are developed for obtaining nonreciprocal polarization mode conversion, also known as Faraday rotation, in waveguides in a format consistent with silicon-on-insulator or III-V semiconductor photonic integrated circuits. Fabrication techniques are developed using liftoff lithography and sputtering to obtain garnet segments as upper claddings, which have an evanescent wave interaction with the guided light. A mode solver approach is used to determine the modal Stokes parameters for such structures, and design considerations indicate that quasi-phase-matched Faraday rotation for optical isolator applications could be obtained with devices on the millimeter length scale.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 6671937 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Journal |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2013 |
Keywords
- Magnetophotonics
- integrated photonic systems
- waveguide devices