Lossless 1 x 2 optical switch monolithically integrated on a passive active resonant coupler (PARC) platform

Author

Saini, S.S. ; Hu, Y. ; Johnson, F.G. ; Stone, D.R. ; Shen, H. ; Zhou, W. ; Pamulapati, J. ; Ott, M.N. ; Shaw, H.C. ; Dagenais, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

Volume

12

Issue

7

fYear

2000

fDate

7/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

840

Lastpage

842

Abstract

We demonstrate a lossless 1×2 optical switch utilizing resonant vertical coupling between an active and a passive waveguide. Optical power is coupled into the passive waveguide and split into two ports using a 3-dB Y-junction splitter. The mode is then coupled up to a 1-mm-long active waveguide where gain is provided. A 100-μm-long taper is utilized in each arm for coupling the mode from the passive to the active waveguide. Internal gain greater than 22 dB is obtained in each arm of the integrated splitter. High yield and good uniformity of devices are obtained over multiple processing runs.

Keywords

electro-optical switches; integrated optoelectronics; optical beam splitters; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1 mm; 100 mum; 22 dB; PARC platform; active waveguide; good uniformity; integrated splitter; internal gain; lossless 1/spl times/2 optical switch; monolithically integrated; multiple processing runs; optical power coupling; passive active resonant coupler platform; passive waveguide; resonant vertical coupling; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Coupling circuits; Integrated optics; Optical coupling; Optical losses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Photonic integrated circuits; Resonance; Semiconductor waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.853518

Filename

853518