Silicon ring isolators with bonded nonreciprocal magneto-optic garnets

Opt Express. 2011 Jun 6;19(12):11740-5. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.011740.

Abstract

A ring isolator is demonstrated for the first time by directly bonding a cerium-substituted yttrium iron garnet (Ce:YIG) onto a silicon ring resonator using oxygen plasma enhanced bonding. The silicon waveguide is 600 nm wide and 295 nm thick with 500-nm-thick Ce:YIG on the top to have reasonable nonreciprocal effect and low optical loss. With a radial magnetic field applied to the ring isolator, it exhibits 9-dB isolation at resonance in the 1550 nm wavelength regime.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.