Title :
Characterization of a silicon-photonic wideband switch in UCSD´s MORDIA ring network
Author :
Aguinaldo, Ryan ; Forencich, Alex ; DeRose, Christopher ; Lentine, Anthony ; Starbuck, Andrew ; Fainman, Yeshaiahu ; Porter, George ; Papen, George ; Mookherjea, Shayan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate and investigate concurrent switching of twenty 10-Gbps channels using a silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometer switching structure with low on-state loss, low power, and microsecond-scale switching time.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical switches; silicon; Si; UCSD MORDIA ring network; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; concurrent switching; microsecond-scale switching time; on-state loss; silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometer switching structure; silicon-photonic wideband switch characterization; Heating; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Switching circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2467-7
DOI :
10.1109/OIC.2014.6886100
