Title :
On-chip wavelength-routed photonic networks with comb switches
Author :
Zhang, Lei ; Tan, Xianfang ; Yang, Mei ; Qi, Minghao ; Hu, Ting ; Yang, Jianyi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Abstract :
In this paper we propose to use comb switches to simplify Banyan-type on-chip wavelength-routed passive photonic networks constructed by micro-ring resonator (MRR)-based optical switches. Compared with general wavelength-routed optical networks, the number of MRRs used in the simplified network is significantly reduced.
Keywords :
multistage interconnection networks; optical switches; passive optical networks; comb switches; microring resonator-based optical switches; on-chip wavelength-routed photonic networks; simplify Banyan-type on-chip wavelength-routed passive photonic networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Photonics; Routing; Silicon; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0826-8
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324159
