Nonreciprocal Light Propagation in a Silicon Photonic Circuit

被引：604

作者：

Feng, Liang ^{[1
,2
,4
]}

Ayache, Maurice ^{[3
]}

Huang, Jingqing ^{[1
,4
]}

Xu, Ye-Long ^{[2
]}

Lu, Ming-Hui ^{[2
]}

Chen, Yan-Feng ^{[2
]}

Fainman, Yeshaiahu ^{[3
]}

Scherer, Axel ^{[1
,4
]}

机构：

[1] CALTECH, Dept Elect Engn, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

[2] Nanjing Univ, Nanjing Natl Lab Microstruct, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

[3] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

[4] CALTECH, Kavli Nanosci Inst, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 2011年 / 333卷 / 6043期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1126/science.1206038

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Optical communications and computing require on-chip nonreciprocal light propagation to isolate and stabilize different chip-scale optical components. We have designed and fabricated a metallic-silicon waveguide system in which the optical potential is modulated along the length of the waveguide such that nonreciprocal light propagation is obtained on a silicon photonic chip. Nonreciprocal light transport and one-way photonic mode conversion are demonstrated at the wavelength of 1.55 micrometers in both simulations and experiments. Our system is compatible with conventional complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor processing, providing a way to chip-scale optical isolators for optical communications and computing.

引用

页码：729 / 733

页数：5

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