CA968203A - Optical waveguide devices using single-crystal garnet films - Google Patents

Optical waveguide devices using single-crystal garnet films

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CA968203A
CA968203A CA151,616A CA151616A CA968203A CA 968203 A CA968203 A CA 968203A CA 151616 A CA151616 A CA 151616A CA 968203 A CA968203 A CA 968203A
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optical waveguide
waveguide devices
garnet films
crystal garnet
crystal
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CA151,616A
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Inventor
Lawrence J. Varnerin (Jr.)
Stuart L. Blank
Ping K. Tien
Stuart H. Wemple
Raymond Wolfe
Hyman J. Levinstein
Roy C. Lecraw
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AT&T Corp
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Western Electric Co Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
    • G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
    • G02B6/12004—Combinations of two or more optical elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
    • G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
    • G02B6/34—Optical coupling means utilising prism or grating
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/09—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on magneto-optical elements, e.g. exhibiting Faraday effect
    • G02F1/095—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on magneto-optical elements, e.g. exhibiting Faraday effect in an optical waveguide structure
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F10/00—Thin magnetic films, e.g. of one-domain structure
    • H01F10/08—Thin magnetic films, e.g. of one-domain structure characterised by magnetic layers
    • H01F10/10—Thin magnetic films, e.g. of one-domain structure characterised by magnetic layers characterised by the composition
    • H01F10/18—Thin magnetic films, e.g. of one-domain structure characterised by magnetic layers characterised by the composition being compounds
    • H01F10/20—Ferrites
    • H01F10/24—Garnets
    • H01F10/245—Modifications for enhancing interaction with electromagnetic wave energy
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/0632—Thin film lasers in which light propagates in the plane of the thin film
CA151,616A 1972-02-02 1972-09-13 Optical waveguide devices using single-crystal garnet films Expired CA968203A (en)

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JP (1) JPS6011327B2 (en)
AU (1) AU464213B2 (en)
BE (1) BE794853A (en)
CA (1) CA968203A (en)
DE (1) DE2304026C2 (en)
FR (1) FR2170141B1 (en)
GB (1) GB1415755A (en)
IT (1) IT974465B (en)
NL (1) NL7301311A (en)
SE (1) SE389563B (en)

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US3764195A (en) 1973-10-09
DE2304026C2 (en) 1982-06-03
AU464213B2 (en) 1975-08-21
BE794853A (en) 1973-05-29
DE2304026A1 (en) 1973-08-09
IT974465B (en) 1974-06-20
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FR2170141B1 (en) 1975-08-22
SE389563B (en) 1976-11-08

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