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Sep 5, 2023 at 23:36 vote accept Loic Stoic
Sep 5, 2023 at 23:00 comment added John Doty @JQK Indeed, and the link above has the details.
Sep 5, 2023 at 21:45 comment added JQK You can make a polarization independent circulator, based on a Faraday rotator.
Sep 5, 2023 at 21:36 answer added JQK timeline score: 2
Sep 5, 2023 at 21:33 comment added John Doty globalspec.com/learnmore/optics_optical_components/fiber_optics/…. Put your photon detector on one of the ports, and you have it.
Sep 5, 2023 at 21:23 comment added John Doty This sort of nonreciprocal device is certainly possible: "circulators" are common microwave components. I'm a bit stumped as to how you'd make it polarization-independent in the optical, but maybe somebody else knows.
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