Photonic components for signal routing in optical networks on chip

Author

Calo, G. ; Petruzzelli, V.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. Elettr. e dell´Inf., Politec. di Bari, Bari, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The design of Photonic Crystal (PhC) switching elements, necessary for the signal routing over a photonic network on chip, is reported. The PhC 1×2 switches, to be assembled into higher dimension matrices, are designed to be integrated into a wavelength router, i.e. a λ-switch. A λ-switch is capable of routing the signal to the different output ports according to the carrier wavelength. The implementation that we propose in this paper exploits PhC waveguides, broadband crossings, and PCRRs. The design criteria are pointed out and the numerical results, obtained by the Finite Difference Time Domain, are reported.

Keywords

finite difference time-domain analysis; network-on-chip; optical design techniques; optical switches; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; telecommunication network routing; λ-switch; PCRR; PhC; PhC waveguides; broadband crossings; finite difference time domain; optical networks-on-chip; photonic crystal switching elements; signal routing; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Silicon; Photonic crystal ring resonators; Photonic crystals; Photonic integrated circuits; Photonic networks on chip; Silicon photonics; Wavelength routers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cartagena

ISSN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602848

Filename

6602848