Nonreciprocal transmission of electromagnetic waves by three-layer magneto-optical mediums

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/28/2/024101

Abstract We investigate the non-reciprocal transmission properties of a three-layer structure filled with magneto-optical medium and normal medium. Based on the transfer matrix method, we deduce the total transmission coefficient for a one-dimensional (1D) structure with anisotropic mediums. When two-side layers with magneto-optical medium loaded in opposite external magnetic field, the time-reversal symmetry of transmission properties will be broken. Our numerical results show that the non-reciprocal transmission properties are influenced by external magnetic fields, incident angle, and thickness of the normal medium layer. Since the non-reciprocal properties can be easily realized and adjusted by the simple structure, such a design has potential applications in integrated circulators and isolators.

Keywords: magneto-optical medium nonreciprocal transmission nonreciprocity

Received: 14 May 2018
Revised: 26 October 2018
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PACS:	41.20.Jb	(Electromagnetic wave propagation; radiowave propagation)
	73.20.Mf	(Collective excitations (including excitons, polarons, plasmons and other charge-density excitations))
	73.90.+f	(Other topics in electronic structure and electrical properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and low-dimensional structures)

Corresponding Authors: Guan-Xia Yu
E-mail: sys@njfu.edu.cn

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Guan-Xia Yu(余观夏), Jing-Jing Fu(付晶晶), Wen-Wen Du(杜文文), Yi-Hang Lv(吕一航), Min Luo(骆敏) Nonreciprocal transmission of electromagnetic waves by three-layer magneto-optical mediums 2019 Chin. Phys. B 28 024101

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