Amorphous-Si waveguide on a garnet magneto-optical isolator with a TE mode nonreciprocal phase shift

作者:Ishida Eiichi*; Miura Kengo; Shoji Yuya; Yokoi Hideki; Mizumoto Tetsuya; Nishiyama Nobuhiko; Arai Shigehisa
来源:Optics Express, 2017, 25(1): 452-462.
DOI:10.1364/OE.25.000452

摘要

We fabricated a magneto-optical (MO) isolator with a TE mode nonreciprocal phase shift. The isolator is based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer composed of 3-dB directional couplers, a reciprocal phase shifter, and a nonreciprocal phase shifter. To realize TE mode operation in the optical isolator, we designed a novel waveguide structure composed of a hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguide with an asymmetric MO garnet lateral clad on a garnet substrate. The isolator operation is successfully demonstrated in a fabricated device showing the different transmittances between forward and backward directions. The maximum isolation of the fabricated isolator is 17.9 dB at a wavelength of 1561 nm for the TE mode.

  • 出版日期2017-1-9