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Four-wave-mixing based silicon integrated optical isolator with dynamic non-reciprocity

K Wang, S Gao, Y Wang, A Nirmalathas, C Lim, K Alameh, H Li, E Skafidas

Optics Infobase Conference Papers | IEEE | Published : 2017

Abstract

A silicon integrated optical isolator with dynamic non-reciprocity based on the four-wave-mixing nonlinear effect is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Measurement results show that >17 dB isolation ratio and <12 dB insertion loss can be achieved.

Grants

Awarded by Australian National Fabrication Facility


Funding Acknowledgements

This work is supported under Australian Research Council (ARC) DE150100924 and DP170100268. This work was performed in part at the Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication (MCN) in the Victorian Node of the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF).