Integrated Passive Nonlinear Optical Isolators

Conference: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/22/2024 - 09/26/2024 at Frankfurt, Germany

Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

Authors:
White, Alexander D.; Ahn, Geun Ho; Van Gasse, Kasper; Luhtaru, Richard; Grzesik, Jakob; Yang, Kiyoul; Guo, Joel; Morin, Theodore; Bowers, John E.; Vuckovic, Jelena

Abstract:
In this talk, I will describe how nonlinear optics can be used to generate passive optical isolators – filling a critical gap in integrated photonic infrastructure. Using the optical Kerr effect in high quality factor silicon nitride resonators, we demonstrate simultaneous optical isolation and laser linewidth reduction in excess of 30dB.