Design of magneto-optical ring isolator on SOI based on the finite element method

Author(s)
P. Pintus, M.-C. Tien, and J. E. Bowers
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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
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vol. 23, no. 22, pp. 1670-1672

In this letter, we present the design of an integrated optical isolator realized by bonding a silicon micro-ring resonator with aCe:YIGgarnet. The nonreciprocal phase shift effect induced by applying a radial magnetic field has been studied using the finite-element method; numerical results clearly point out how to optimize the thickness of the silicon ring and Ce:YIG garnet in order to maximize the nonreciprocal effect between the forward and backward TM modes.

Research Areas
Silicon Photonics
Integration Technologies
Photonics Integrated Circuits
More Research Areas
Isolators & Circulators