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Tobias Kippenberg, Rui Ning Wang, Anat Siddharth, Junqiu Liu, Jijun He
2021

Abstract

We demonstrated an integrated magnetic-free optical isolator for Si3N4 photonics using AlN piezoelectric actuators via spatio-temporal modulation. By entering into the strong mode coupling regime, maximum of 9dB isolation and

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