Title

Toward high-performing topological edge-state optical isolators

Authors

Dolendra Karki, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Ramy El-Ganainy, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Miguel Levy, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-19-2019

Abstract

We report on the experimental implementation of topological edge-state arrays with power confinement in the edge state as high as <29 dB relative to its farthermost channel. Average insertion losses of construction, consisting of seven waveguides fabricated on (100) liquid-phase-epitaxy-grown bismuth-substituted lutetium iron garnet films on a gadolinium gallium garnet substrate. The delocalization of the field can be realized by magnetizing only the single edge-state channel, thereby diverting the backscattered signal to serve as a high-performing optical isolator with a predicted isolation ratio as high as −50 dB. We discuss methods and challenges for full experimental implementation of a SSH topology-based optical isolator.

Publisher's Statement

© 2019 American Physical Society. Publisher's version of record: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.034045

Publication Title

Physical Review Applied

Recommended Citation

Karki, D., El-Ganainy, R., & Levy, M. (2019). Toward high-performing topological edge-state optical isolators. Physical Review Applied, 11(3). http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.034045
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