Design of a compact tunable wavelength division multiplexing photonic phased array switch using nano electromechanical systems on a silicon-on-insulator integration platform

Author

Hussein, Ala A. ; Majid, Sawsan A. ; Hall, Trevor J.

Author_Institution

Center for Res. in Photonics, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

fYear

2013

fDate

19-22 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

66

Abstract

We present the design of a novel 4×4 photonic phased array switch element with the capability to actively tune WDM pass-bands. The switch element uses four NEMS-operated phase shifters located on the two longitudinal sides of the structure; offering advantages of compact footprint and low-power consumption. All components of the switch element are designed to state of the art parameters. The design is verified using the finite difference mode three-dimensional full-vectorial solver of the simulation tool FIMMPROP and utilizing custom numerical analysis.

Keywords

finite difference methods; nanoelectromechanical devices; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical phase shifters; optical switches; optical tuning; silicon-on-insulator; wavelength division multiplexing; 4×4 photonic phased array switch element; FIMMPROP; NEMS-operated phase shifters; WDM pass-band tuning; finite difference mode three-dimensional full-vectorial solver; low-power consumption; nanoelectromechanical systems; silicon-on-insulator integration platform; wavelength division multiplexing; Arrays; Couplers; Finite element analysis; Phase shifters; Photonics; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2013 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2158-3234

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6309-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2013.6633126

Filename

6633126