Title :
Monolithic integrated reflective polarization diversity SOI-based slot-blocker for fast reconfigurable 128 Gb/s and 256 Gb/s optical networks
Author :
G. de Valicourt;S. Chandrasekhar;J. H. Sinsky;C-M. Chang;Y. K. Chen;M. A. Mestre;Y. Pointurier;S. Bigo;J.-M. Fedeli;L. Bramerie;J.-C. Simon;L. Vivien;A. Shen;A. Le liepvre;G. H. Duan
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, 791 Holmdel Road, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel fully integrated, silicon-on-insulator, 16-channel polarization diversity fast reflective slot-blocker with nanosecond switching time, integrating more than 65 functional elements. Its suitability for use in reconfigurable metropolitan networks is assessed.
Keywords :
"Optical attenuators","Optical noise","Bit error rate","Signal to noise ratio","Optical switches","Optical crosstalk","Optical polarization"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341953
