Title :
Dilated polarization independent WDM cross-connect on InP
Author :
Herben, C.G.P. ; Maat, D.H.P. ; Leijtens, X.J.M. ; Leys, M.R. ; Oei, Y.S. ; Smit, M.K.
Author_Institution :
Photonic Integrated Circuits Group, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
A four wavelength 2×2 optical WDM-cross-connect with dilated switches is reported. The device is monolithically integrated on InP and consists of two 8-channel PHASARs combined with 16 electrooptic Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches. On-chip loss is less than -17 dB and crosstalk is better than -20 dB
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical switches; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical crosstalk; optical losses; wavelength division multiplexing; 17 dB; 8-channel PHASAR; InP; crosstalk; dilated polarization independent WDM cross-connect; dilated switches; electrooptic Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches; four wavelength 2 by 2 optical WDM-cross-connect; monolithically integrated device; on-chip loss; Electrooptic devices; Indium phosphide; Integrated circuit technology; Optical crosstalk; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Polarization; Silicon compounds; Space technology; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.811773
