• DocumentCode
    1595692
  • Title

    High-speed and broadband electro-optic silicon switch with submilliwatt switching power

  • Author

    Dong, Po ; Liao, Shirong ; Liang, Hong ; Shafiiha, Roshanak ; Feng, Dazeng ; Li, Guoliang ; Zheng, Xuezhe ; Krishnamoorthy, Ashok V. ; Asghari, Mehdi

  • Author_Institution
    Kotura Inc., Monterey Park, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present a 2×2 silicon electro-optic switch with a submilliwatt switching power (0.6 mW), a broad bandwidth (60 nm), and ultrafast speed (6 ns). Free-carrier injection Mach-Zehnder interferometers are employed.
  • Keywords
    optical switches; broad bandwidth; broadband electro-optic silicon switch; free-carrier injection Mach-Zehnder interferometer; high-speed electro-optic silicon switch; submilliwatt switching power; Adaptive optics; Bandwidth; Optical crosstalk; Optical device fabrication; Optical switches; Photonics; Silicon;
  • 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
    5875780