IWG
Products
IWG -Isolator waveguide
Use-case
- PIC transceivers
- Laser dies, amplifiers
- Photonic sensors
Advantages
- Easily integrates with PICs
- Ultra-compact form-factor
- Magnet-less and epoxy-free
- On-chip and off-chip integration
Technology
At the heart of IWGs are waveguides meticulously inscribed by femtosecond laser processes. This produces garnet slabs where Faraday rotation characteristics are preserved and that can guide light like any other waveguide.
Applications
The compact lens-less design and the flexibility of mounting options offered by IWG isolators means they can be easily integrated into existing systems, avoiding costly modifications.
Fibered PIC isolator
In-line isolator
Integrated PIC isolator
Ribbon isolator
Technical Specifications
- Insertion loss: <0.6 dB
- Isolation: >25 dB
- Return loss: 50 dB
- Operating wavelength: 1550 nm
Want to learn more about the underlying technology ?
Head to our article in Nature Portfolio.
Integrated Magnetless Passive Broadband Faraday Isolator
In this paper we demonstrate an innovative approach that allows to make submillimeter-size magnetless passive optical isolators having the potential of being easily integrated in PICs.