DocumentCode
1591265
Title
Wavelength selective switching with one-chip silicon photonic circuit including 8 × 8 matrix switch
Author
Nakamura, Shigeru ; Takahashi, Shigeki ; Sakauchi, Masahiro ; Hino, Tomoyuki ; Yu, Ming-Bin ; Lo, Guo-Qiang
Author_Institution
Green Innovation Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
fYear
2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Polarization-independent wavelength path switching is demonstrated with one-chip silicon photonic circuit including 64 thermo-optical switch elements within 12mm × 3mm. Owing to uniformity, any path can be constructed by simply turning on one switch element.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; photonic switching systems; silicon; thermo-optical devices; Si; one-chip silicon photonic circuit; polarization-independent wavelength path switching; thermooptical switch element; wavelength selective switching; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Optical switches; Photonics; Silicon; Switching circuits;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0213-6
Type
conf
Filename
5875602
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