Title :
Broadband digital optical switches based on a SOI Mach-Zehnder lattice
Author :
Van Campenhout, Joris ; Green, William M J ; Vlasov, Yurii
Author_Institution :
IBM T.J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
Abstract :
A broadband, low-power optical switch is a key element for circuit-switched on-chip optical networks. We present a novel switch design based on a Mach-Zehnder lattice in SOI, featuring digital, broadband switching, low cross talk, and low insertion loss.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical lattices; optical losses; optical switches; silicon-on-insulator; SOI Mach-Zehnder lattice; broadband digital optical switches; circuit-switched on-chip optical networks; low cross talk; low insertion loss; low-power optical switch; Arm; Circuits; Insertion loss; Lattices; Optical coupling; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; digital optical switch; on-chip optical networks; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688652
