• DocumentCode
    1793322
  • Title

    High-speed and compact non-blocking 8×8 InAlGaAs/InAlAs Mach-Zehnder-type optical switch fabric

  • Author

    Kouketsu, H. ; Kawasaki, S. ; Koyama, N. ; Takei, A. ; Taniguchi, Takafumi ; Matsushima, Y. ; Utaka, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A high-speed and compact non-blocking 8×8 InAlGaAs/InAlAs Mach-Zehnder-type optical switch (MZ-OS) fabric consisted of twenty eight 2×2 MZ-OS elements were successfully fabricated. It is expected to operate with switching times of less than 2.5ns.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; fabrics; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical switches; InAlGaAs-InAlAs; compact nonblocking Mach-Zehnder-type optical switch fabric; high-speed Mach-Zehnder-type optical switch fabric; switching times; Fabrics; High-speed optical techniques; Indium compounds; Optical device fabrication; Optical switches; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.M2K.3
  • Filename
    6886566