A waveguide device, comprising: a waveguide structure, the waveguide structure comprising at least three arms extending from a center portion of the waveguide structure, wherein the at least three arms connect to the waveguide structure, the longitudinal axes of the at least three arms defining an H-plane, an H-plane aperture aligned with the H-plane through each segment in the at least three segments; and an H-plane magnetizing winding inserted through the H-plane apertures such that current applied to the H-plane magnetizing winding establishes a magnetic field in the switching element; wherein a portion of the magnetic field established by the current applied to the H-plane magnetizing winding is not aligned with the H-plane; the waveguide device further characterized by: a switching element disposed in the waveguide structure and configured to switch the waveguide device between functioning as a circulator and a power divider, wherein the switching element has at least three segments, each segment in the at least three segments being associated with a respective waveguide arm in the at least three arms, wherein the switching element has at least one E-plane aperture extending through the switching element, wherein the at least one E-plane aperture is extended perpendicularly to the H-plane; at least one E-plane magnetizing winding inserted through the at least one E-plane aperture such that current applied to the at least one E-plane magnetizing winding establishes a magnetic field in the switching element that is aligned with the H-plane. a waveguide structure, the waveguide structure comprising at least three arms extending from a center portion of the waveguide structure, wherein the at least three arms connect to the waveguide structure, the longitudinal axes of the at least three arms defining an H-plane, an H-plane aperture aligned with the H-plane through each segment in the at least three segments; and an H-plane magnetizing winding inserted through the H-plane apertures such that current applied to the H-plane magnetizing winding establishes a magnetic field in the switching element; wherein a portion of the magnetic field established by the current applied to the H-plane magnetizing winding is not aligned with the H-plane; the waveguide device further characterized by: a switching element disposed in the waveguide structure and configured to switch the waveguide device between functioning as a circulator and a power divider, wherein the switching element has at least three segments, each segment in the at least three segments being associated with a respective waveguide arm in the at least three arms, wherein the switching element has at least one E-plane aperture extending through the switching element, wherein the at least one E-plane aperture is extended perpendicularly to the H-plane; at least one E-plane magnetizing winding inserted through the at least one E-plane aperture such that current applied to the at least one E-plane magnetizing winding establishes a magnetic field in the switching element that is aligned with the H-plane. a switching element disposed in the waveguide structure and configured to switch the waveguide device between functioning as a circulator and a power divider, wherein the switching element has at least three segments, each segment in the at least three segments being associated with a respective waveguide arm in the at least three arms, wherein the switching element has at least one E-plane aperture extending through the switching element, wherein the at least one E-plane aperture is extended perpendicularly to the H-plane; at least one E-plane magnetizing winding inserted through the at least one E-plane aperture such that current applied to the at least one E-plane magnetizing winding establishes a magnetic field in the switching element that is aligned with the H-plane.