• 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