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Integrated optical isolators using electrically driven acoustic waves
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We propose and investigate the performance of integrated photonic isolators based on non-reciprocal mode conversion facilitated by unidirectional, traveling acoustic waves. A triply-guided waveguide system on-chip, comprising two optical modes and an electrically-driven acoustic mode, facilitates the non-reciprocal mode conversion and is combined with spatial mode filters to create the isolator. The co-guided and co-traveling arrangement enables isolation with no additional optical loss, without magnetic-optic materials, and with low power consumption. The approach is theoretically evaluated with simulations predicting over 20 dB of isolation and 2.6 dB of insertion loss with a 370 GHz optical bandwidth and 1 cm device length. The isolator uses only 1 mW of electrical drive power, an improvement of 1-3 orders of magnitude over the state of the art. The electronic drive and lack of magneto-optic materials suggest the potential for straightforward integration with drive circuits, including in monolithic CMOS electronic-photonic platforms, enabling a fully contained 'black box' optical isolator with two optical ports and DC electrical power. (C) 2020 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
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