Title :
Mach-Zehnder based 2×2 electro-optical switches on silicon-on-insulator with low crosstalk
Author :
Wang, Wanjun ; Zhao, Yong ; Zhou, Haifeng ; Hu, Ting ; Yang, Jianyi ; Wang, Minghua ; Jiang, Xiaoqing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
We report the demonstrations of two Mach-Zehnder based 2 × 2 electro-optical switches with low crosstalk. One is with assist of variable optical attenuator and the other is based on cascaded Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical switches; integrated optics; optical attenuators; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder based electro-optical switch; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; low crosstalk; silicon-on-insulator; variable optical attenuator; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical variables measurement;
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/GROUP4.2012.6324166
