Title :
High-speed and compact non-blocking 8×8 InAlGaAs/InAlAs Mach-Zehnder-type optical switch fabric
Author :
Kouketsu, H. ; Kawasaki, S. ; Koyama, N. ; Takei, A. ; Taniguchi, Takafumi ; Matsushima, Y. ; Utaka, K.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A high-speed and compact non-blocking 8×8 InAlGaAs/InAlAs Mach-Zehnder-type optical switch (MZ-OS) fabric consisted of twenty eight 2×2 MZ-OS elements were successfully fabricated. It is expected to operate with switching times of less than 2.5ns.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; fabrics; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical switches; InAlGaAs-InAlAs; compact nonblocking Mach-Zehnder-type optical switch fabric; high-speed Mach-Zehnder-type optical switch fabric; switching times; Fabrics; High-speed optical techniques; Indium compounds; Optical device fabrication; Optical switches; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.M2K.3
