Title :
High performance optical switches integrated with silica-based planar lightwave circuits on Si
Author :
Shibata, Tomohiro
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NYT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
This paper reviewed recent advances in silica-based PLC-SWs on Si including N×N matrix switches (up to 16×16), 1×N switches (up to 1×128), an N×N switching sub-system (128×128). Reliability and the low power consumption structure of PLC-SWs were also mentioned. Further advances in PLC-SWs will contribute greatly to the construction of optical networks.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; Si; high performance optical switches; low power consumption structure; matrix switches; optical networks; reliability; silica-based planar lightwave circuits; switching sub-system; Extinction ratio; Insertion loss; Large-scale systems; Optical devices; Optical films; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Switching circuits; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159514
