POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT OPTICAL ISOLATOR BASED ON ANTI-SYMMETRICAL FIELD CONVERSION

Authors
SHINTAKU T TACHIKAWA Y SUGIMOTO N KOZAWAGUCHI H
Citation
T. Shintaku et al., POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT OPTICAL ISOLATOR BASED ON ANTI-SYMMETRICAL FIELD CONVERSION, Electronics Letters, 33(20), 1997, pp. 1723-1724
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
20
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1723 - 1724
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:20<1723:POIBOA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The authors have proposed and realised a new polarisation-independent optical isolator based on anti-symmetric field conversion which does n ot need expensive birefringent crystals. A peak isolation of 45 dB and an insertion loss of 1 dB in the 1.55 mu m wavelength region were obt ained.