Research on Monolithic Integrations of Waveguide Optical Isolators with Semiconductor Laser Diodes

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18686030
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Electron device/Electronic equipment
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: SHIMIZU Hiromasa Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 大学院共生科学技術研究院, 特任准教授 (50345170)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Keywords: 結晶成長 / 高性能レーザー / 磁性 / 先端機能デバイス / 光物性 / 磁気光学

Research Abstract

光ファイバ通信等の高速大容量通信に用いられる半導体レーザの安定動作に不可欠である光アイソレータを半導体ベースの一体集積可能な形で実現した。また、エピタキシャル強磁性金属のもつ特徴的な磁気、結晶学的な特性を集積化型の光アイソレータに応用し、集積光アイソレータ特性を実現した。これらの研究成果は半導体ベースの集積光アイソレータという新たな研究分野を切り拓いたものである。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Semiconductor Waveguide Optical Isolators towards Larger Optical Isolation utilizing Nonreciprocal Phase Shift by Ferromagnetic Co (2008)
  • Author(s): H. Shimizu, S. Yoshida, and S. Goto
  • Journal Title: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 20 (18) Pages: 1554-1556
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] First Semiconductor Waveguide Optical Isolator Incorporating Ferromagnetic Epitaxial MnSb for High Temperature Operation (2008)
  • Author(s): T. Amemiya, Y. Ogawa, H. Shimizu, H. Munekata, and Y. Nakano
  • Journal Title: Applied Physics Express 1 Pages: 022002
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Monolithic Integration of a Waveguide Optical Isolator With a Distributed Feedback Laser Diode in the 1.5-μm Wavelength Range (2007)
  • Author(s): H. Shimizu and Y. Nakano
  • Journal Title: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 19 (24) Pages: 1973-1975
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 1.54-μm TM-mode waveguide optical isolator based on the nonreciprocal loss phenomenon: device design to reduce insertion loss (2007)
  • Author(s): T. Amemiya, H. Shimizu, M. Yokoyama, P. N. Hai, M. Tanaka, and Y. Nakano
  • Journal Title: Applied Optics 46 (23) Pages: 5784-5791
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Nonreciprocal propagation of light without external magnetic fields in a semiconductor waveguide isolator with a MnAs layer (2007)
  • Author(s): T. Amemiya, H. Shimizu, P. N. Hai, M. Tanaka, and Y. Nakano
  • Journal Title: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 310 Pages: 2161-2163
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Semiconductor waveguide optical isolator based on the nonreciprocal loss induced by ferromagnetic MnAs (2006)
  • Author(s): T. Amemiya, H. Shimizu, Y. Nakano, P. N. Hai, M. Yokoyama, and M. Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Applied Physics Letters 89 Pages: 021104
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Monolithically Integrable Semiconductor Active Waveguide Optical Isolators (2006)
  • Author(s): H. Shimizu, T. Amemiya, M. Tanaka, and Y. Nakano
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Magnetics Society of Japan 30 (6-2) Pages: 624-629
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 新たな光集積回路に向けた半導体能動導波路光アイソレータ (2009)
  • Author(s): 清水大雅
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会 2009 年総合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛媛
  • Year and Date: 20090000
• [Presentation] 1.5-μm-band, TM-mode waveguide optical isolator that uses nonreciprocal loss induced by ferromagnetic MnSb (2008)
  • Author(s): T. Amemiya, Y. Ogawa, H. Shimizu, H. Munekata and Y. Nakano
  • Organizer: The 53rd Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference
  • Place of Presentation: USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-12
• [Presentation] Semiconductor Waveguide Optical Isolators Incorporating Ferromagnetic Epitaxial MnX (X=As or Sb) (2008)
  • Author(s): T. Amemiya, Y. Ogawa, H. Shimizu, M. Tanaka, H. Munekata, Y. Nakano
  • Organizer: CLEO / QELS 08 (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics / Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2008)
  • Place of Presentation: USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-08
• [Presentation] Integrable Semiconductor Optical Isolators Towards Larger Optical Isolation utilizing Nonreciprocal Phase Shift (2008)
  • Author(s): H. Shimizu, and S. Yoshida
  • Organizer: CLEO / QELS 08 (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics / Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2008)
  • Place of Presentation: USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-05-08
• [Presentation] 半導体・強磁性金属ハイブリッド光アイソレータの物理・素子・応用 (2008)
  • Author(s): 清水大雅
  • Organizer: 日本磁気学会第159 回研究会 第20 回スピンエレクトロニクス専門研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2008-03-03
• [Presentation] High Temperature Operation of TM-mode Nonreciprocal-Loss Waveguide Optical Isolator with Ferromagnetic MnSb (2007)
  • Author(s): T. Amemiya, Y. Ogawa, H. Shimizu, H. Munekata, and Y. Nakano
  • Organizer: 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society
  • Place of Presentation: USA
  • Year and Date: 2007-10-18
• [Presentation] 強磁性MnSb を用いた非相反損失による導波路型光アイソレータの高温特性 (2007)
  • Author(s): 雨宮智宏, 小川悠介, 清水大雅, 宗片比呂夫, 中野義昭
  • Organizer: 2007 年秋季 第68 回応用物理学会学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-04
• [Presentation] 半導体能動導波路光アイソレータの非線形な非相反伝搬特性の評価 (2007)
  • Author(s): 清水大雅、Wouter Van Parys、Roel Baets、中野義昭
  • Organizer: 2007年秋季 第68 回応用物理学会学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-04
• [Presentation] Single Mode Operation of 1.5μm TM Mode Waveguide Optical Isolators Based on the Nonreciprocal-Loss Phenomenon (2007)
  • Author(s): T. Amemiya, H. Shimizu, M. Yokoyama, P. N. Hai, M. Tanaka, Y. Nakano
  • Organizer: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2008
  • Place of Presentation: USA
  • Year and Date: 2007-05-08
• [Presentation] 非相反損失半導体導波路光アイソレータの低損失化および単一モード伝搬の確認 (2007)
  • Author(s): 雨宮智宏,清水大雅,横山正史,P.N.Hai,田中雅明,中野義昭
  • Organizer: 2007 年春季 第54 回応用物理学関係連合講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 神奈川
  • Year and Date: 2007-03-30
• [Presentation] モノリシック集積化可能な半導体能動導波路光アイソレータ (2007)
  • Author(s): 清水大雅
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会 2007 年総合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 愛知
  • Year and Date: 2007-03-22
• [Presentation] First Monolithic Integration of a Waveguide Optical Isolator with a Distributed Feedback Laser Diode (2006)
  • Author(s): H. Shimizu and Y. Nakano
  • Organizer: 2006 IEEE 20th International Semiconductor Laser Conference
  • Place of Presentation: USA
  • Year and Date: 2006-09-19
• [Presentation] Design and demonstration of semiconductor active waveguide optical isolators 6th International (2006)
  • Author(s): H. Shimizu
  • Organizer: Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic, Devices
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2006-09-12
• [Presentation] エピタキシャル強磁性電極MnAsを用いた非相反損失型半導体導波路光アイソレータのゼロ磁場動作 (2006)
  • Author(s): 雨宮智宏,清水大雅,P.N.Hai,田中雅明,中野義昭
  • Organizer: 2006 年秋季 第67 回応用物理学会学術講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 滋賀
  • Year and Date: 2006-09-01
• [Presentation] Optical Waveguide Isolator Based on Nonreciprocal Loss Shift Induced by Ferromagnetic MnAs (2006)
  • Author(s): T. Amemiya, H. Shimizu, P. N. Hai, M. Yokoyama, M. Tanaka, and Y. Nakano
  • Organizer: The 17th International Conference on Magnetism
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
  • Year and Date: 2006-08-21
• [Presentation] Demonstration of Semiconductor Waveguide Optical Isolator Monolithically Integrated Distributed Feedback Laser Diodes (2006)
  • Author(s): H. Shimizu, T. Amemiya, M. Tanaka, and Y. Nakano
  • Organizer: 4th International Conference on Physics and Applications of Spin Related Phenomena in Semiconductors
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台
  • Year and Date: 2006-08-18
• [Presentation] Monolithically Integrable Semiconductor Waveguide Optical Isolators using III-V Semiconductor / Ferromagnet Hybrid Structures Device (2006)
  • Author(s): H. Shimizu, T. Amemiya, M. Tanaka, and Y. Nakano
  • Organizer: Research Conference (DRC 2006)
  • Place of Presentation: USA
  • Year and Date: 2006-06-28
• [Presentation] A nonreciprocal optical device using ferromagnetic metal / semiconductor optical amplifier hybrid structures (2006)
  • Author(s): H. Shimizu
  • Organizer: The Workshop on Thermal & Optical Magnetic Materials And Devices (MORIS 2006 WORKSHOP)
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉
  • Year and Date: 2006-06-08
• [Presentation] Integrable Semiconductor Active Optical Isolators (2006)
  • Author(s): H. Shimizu
  • Organizer: Integrated Photonics Research and Applications Topical Meeting and Nanophotonics Topical Meeting (IPRA / NPIS 2006)
  • Place of Presentation: USA
  • Year and Date: 2006-04-25
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• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 一体集積型光アイソレータ及びその製造方法 (2008)
  • Inventor(s): 清水大雅
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 国立大学法人東京農工大学
  • Industrial Property Number: 特許権,特願2008-294822
  • Filing Date: 2008-11-18