Terahertz nonreciprocal isolator based on a magneto-optical microstructure at room temperature.

ABSTRACT

We investigated THz nonreciprocal circularly polarized transmission in thin longitudinally magnetized InSb film, especially focusing on its non-eigen nonreciprocal transmission mechanism at room temperature. Then, based on this effect, we presented a THz isolator for linear polarized waves. The nonreciprocal transmission of the InSb film in this device is converted and enhanced by a pair of orthogonal artificial birefringence gratings. After the optimization, the isolation reaches 24 dB, and the insertion loss is <0.5 dB at room temperature and a low magnetic field.