Saturated Gain-Induced Non-Reciprocal Transmission and Broadband On-Chip Optical Isolator

To overcome the limitation of dynamic reciprocity, a new method for designing broadband on-chip optical isolators is proposed and demonstrated based on saturated gain, which is able to support simplex and duplex operation modes. By connecting a saturated gain waveguide to an appropriate linear loss...

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Main Authors: Mingyuan Xue, Haojiang Tong, Hao Dong, Meijia Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Photonics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/11/3/261