Component · Photonics, MEMS & Sensors
Optical circulator
A three or four port non-reciprocal device that routes light entering one port out of the next port in sequence, allowing bidirectional traffic on a single fibre.
- Also known as
- Circulator
- Type
- Component
- Domain
- Photonics, MEMS & Sensors, Photonic packaging
Notes
Widely used in optical amplifiers, OTDR test sets and FMCW LiDAR front ends.
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