Title :
Monolithically integrated WDM cross-connect switch for nanoseconds wavelength, space, and time switching
Author :
Nicola Calabretta;Kevin Williams;Harm Dorren
Author_Institution :
COBRA Research Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Abstract :
We present a novel photonic integrated 4×4 WDM cross-connect switch exploiting SOA technology for nanoseconds wavelength, space, and time switching operation. Experimental results show a cross-talk <; -30dB, lossless and error-free operation with <;1dB penalty.
Keywords :
"Optical switches","Optical device fabrication","Semiconductor optical amplifiers","Adaptive optics","Wavelength division multiplexing","Photonics","Optical losses"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341615
