Mr. Ryusuke Yamaguchi was awarded the MOC Student Award at the 22nd Microoptics Conference (MOC2017).

Mr. Ryusuke Yamaguchi, 2nd year of Master's program majoring Electrical and Electronic Engineering, was awarded the MOC Student Award at the 22nd Microoptics Conference (MOC2017).

Conference: The 22nd Microoptics Conference (MOC2017)
Award title: MOC Student Award
Recipient of award: Ryusuke Yamaguchi
Paper title: Proposal of Si Waveguide Optical Isolator Based on Nonreciprocal TE-TM Mode Conversion Using Magneto-optical Phase Shift for TM mode
Date awarded: November 22, 2017

The paper proposes and demonstrates a novel optical isolator for silicon photonics applications, which is highly evaluated by the Conference Program Committee. Tokyo Tech has a long history in the research of optical communications including silicon photonics.

• 22nd Microoptics Conference (MOC2017) web site