Abstract
We developed a 1.5-μm-band, TM-mode waveguide optical isolator consisting of a semiconductor ridge waveguide combined with a ferromagnetic MnAs layer. The device shows single mode operation with an isolation ratio of 7.2 dB/mm at 1.53-1.55 μm wavelength.
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