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Monolithic magneto-optical oxide thin films for on-chip optical isolation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2018

Qingyang Du ,
Takian Fakhrul ,
Yan Zhang ,
Juejun Hu  and
Caroline A. Ross
Qingyang Du
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; qydu@mit.edu
Takian Fakhrul
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; takianf@mit.edu
Yan Zhang
Affiliation:
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China; y_zhang@std.uestc.edu.cn
Juejun Hu
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; hujuejun@mit.edu
Caroline A. Ross
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; caross@mit.edu
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Abstract

Optical isolators, devices that only allow unidirectional light propagation, constitute an essential building block for photonic integrated circuits. For near-infrared communications wavelengths, most current isolator designs rely on the incorporation of magneto-optical (MO) materials to break time-reversal symmetry, such as iron garnets or magnetically substituted semiconductors. MO garnets form the backbone of traditional bulk isolators, but suffer from large lattice and thermal mismatch with common semiconductor substrates, which has significantly impeded their integration into on-chip optical isolators. Materials innovations over the past few years have overcome these barriers and enabled monolithic deposition of MO oxide thin films on silicon using techniques such as pulsed laser deposition and magnetron sputtering. On-chip optical isolator devices with polarization diversity in the telecommunication band have been demonstrated based on these materials. This article reviews the latest technological breakthroughs in MO oxide material growth as well as device design and integration strategies toward practical implementation of on-chip optical isolation.

Keywords

magneto-opticoxidefilmdevicesphysical vapor deposition (PVD)
Type
Materials for Nonreciprocal Photonics
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MRS Bulletin , Volume 43 , Issue 6: Materials for Nonreciprocal Photonics , June 2018 , pp. 413 - 418
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2018 

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