A review is given on a new class of non-reciprocal photonic devices, namely, the semiconductor waveguide optical isolator, by illustrating its operation principle, fabrication, isolation characteristics, as well as its monolithic integration with a distributed feedback laser diode on an InP substrate.
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Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2007. i-NOW '07. International
Date of Conference: July 29 2007-Aug. 11 2007