Nature Communications (Apr 2016)

Magnetic-free non-reciprocity based on staggered commutation

  • Negar Reiskarimian,
  • Harish Krishnaswamy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11217
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Components such as isolators, circulators and gyrators are non-reciprocal in that they allow electromagnetic waves to flow in one direction but not the other. Here, the authors demonstrate a radio-frequency circulator that is compatible with and integrated in a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor integrated circuit.