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Power inequality

Non-reciprocal components are useful in microwave engineering and photonics, but they are not without their drawbacks. A compact design now provides non-reciprocity without resorting to magnets or nonlinearity.

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Figure 1: The dimensions of the reported circulator are subwavelength.

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