DocumentCode
3528335
Title
High-Throughput Silicon Nanophotonic Deflection Switch for On-Chip Optical Networks
Author
Vlasov, Yurii ; Green, William M. J. ; Fengnian Xia
Author_Institution
IBM T.J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
fYear
2008
fDate
24-28 Feb. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We demonstrate error-free (BER<;10-12 ) deflection switching of multiple 40 Gbps channels with an ultra-compact (30×10 μm2 ), low-latency (<; 2 ns), high throughput (over 360 Gbps), and small crosstalk (<; -10 dB) optical switch based on coupled silicon microring resonators.
Keywords
integrated optics; optical switches; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; coupled silicon microring resonators; error-free deflection switching; on-chip optical networks; optical switch; silicon nanophotonic deflection switch; Bit error rate; Network-on-a-chip; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Ring lasers; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-856-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528598
Filename
4528598
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