Talk:Optical isolator

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Contents 1 Merge? 2 Faraday rotator talk 3 Polarization Independent Isolator 4 umm?

[edit] Merge?

Seems straightforward to me; Yes!

Atlant 15:59, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes. Also beacause the term optical isolator is mostly(?) connected to the Faraday isolator. Maybe Optical isolator should be a fork page to the two.

[edit] Faraday rotator talk

According to the link it is also possible to isolate unpolarized light.

what exactly does it mean when you say "can provide non-reciprocal rotation while maintaining linear polarization". And perhaps provide an explanation of why a 1/4 waveplate can't maintain linear polarization in this manner. (just a thought) Whoopsi 01:06, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

1/4 rotation by sugar-water-solution can maintain linear polarization (optical activity) . --Arnero 21:31, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

This needs diagrams. — Omegatron 01:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

The Faraday isolators I have used all have very strong magnets in them. Why is that? Needs explaining!

[edit] Polarization Independent Isolator

The change by 203.200.35.12 made the description to vague. This is a common problem with explainations of polarization independent isolators. Grahamwild 18:22, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] umm?

why the polarized and all, put a source on one end and a detector on the other , light can only travel from the source, can it not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.227.207.194 (talk) 13:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)