Polarization-independent and low-current operation of InAlGaAs/InAlAs Mach-Zehnder interferometer-type photonic switch with hybrid-waveguide structure for optical packet switching

Author

Ueda, Yuta ; Nakamura, Shinya ; Fujimoto, Shinji ; Yamada, Hiroto ; Utaka, Katsuyuki ; Shiota, Takashi ; Kitatani, Takeshi

Author_Institution

Fuculty of Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrated a polarization-independent Mach-Zehnder interferometer-type photonic switch with very-low-current of about 5 mA. Furthermore, a few nano-second switching response time was also confirmed which suits for application to optical packet switching.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical switches; optical waveguides; packet switching; photonic switching systems; InAlGaAs-InAlAs; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; current 5 mA; hybrid-waveguide structure; low-current operation; nanosecond switching response time; optical packet switching; photonic switch; polarization-independent operation; very-low-current switch; Couplers; Crosstalk; Energy consumption; Etching; Indium compounds; Optical interferometry; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Optical waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Vienna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5096-1

Type

conf

Filename

5287091