Glossary
Non-reciprocal microwave systems

circulateur; circulator

Non-reciprocal microwave device that circulates electromagnetic energy in one direction around a ferrite core.

Faraday effect; Faraday effect

Phase rotation observed during wave propagation in a magneto-optical material subjected to a magnetic field.

Kerr effect; Kerr effect

Phase rotation of a linearly polarized wave after reflection on a layer of magnetic material.

gyrator; gyrator

Circuit that rotates the polarization of a wave.

isolateur; isolator

Non-reciprocal wave device that allows an electromagnetic wave to pass in only one direction.

magneto-optical materials or ferrites; electro-optical materials or ferrites

Materials in which the presence of a continuous magnetic field or magnetization parallel to the propagation of the electromagnetic wave rotates the direction of polarization of the...