• DocumentCode
    615011
  • Title

    Analysis and design of micro-ring based switch elements in silicon photonics for optical interconnection

  • Author

    Contu, Pietro ; Pintus, P. ; Testa, F. ; D´Errico, A. ; Di Pasquale, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Scuola Superiore Sant´Anna, Pisa, Italy
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    5-8 May 2013
  • Firstpage
    45
  • Lastpage
    46
  • Abstract
    A two-ring add/drop switch is presented for scalable switching matrix architectures. The device performance is investigated using the transfer matrix method, showing low crosstalks, high out of band rejection and side-lobe suppression.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; micro-optomechanical devices; microswitches; optical crosstalk; optical design techniques; optical interconnections; optical switches; semiconductor device models; silicon; Si; band rejection; crosstalks; device performance; microring based switch elements; optical interconnection; scalable switching matrix architectures; side-lobe suppression; silicon photonics; transfer matrix method; two-ring add-drop switch; Couplings; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Interconnects Conference, 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Santa Fe, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5061-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5062-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OIC.2013.6552915
  • Filename
    6552915