Hybrid silicon optical gate for packet networks

Author

de Valicourt, G. ; Le Liepvre, A. ; Simonneau, Christian ; Lamponi, Marco ; Jany, C. ; Accard, A. ; Lelarge, F. ; van Dijk, Frederic ; Vacondio, Francesco ; Fedeli, J.-M. ; Messaoudene, S. ; Bordel, D. ; Antona, J.C. ; Duan, G.H. ; Bigo, S.

Author_Institution

Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs. France, Nozay, France

fYear

2013

fDate

June 30 2013-July 4 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report a hybrid silicon optical gate based on a silicon waveguide with a III-V gain medium and two vertical grating couplers. The gate shows a wide optical bandwidth, high extinction ratio with low internal noise factor and low insertion loss. We further study the gate performance under packet-switched operation.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; optical communication; packet switching; silicon; waveguide couplers; III-V gain medium; Si; extinction ratio; gate performance; hybrid silicon optical gate; insertion loss; internal noise factor; packet networks; packet-switched operation; silicon waveguide; vertical grating couplers; wide optical bandwidth; Adaptive optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical coupling; Optical noise; Optical packet switching; Optical switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OptoElectronics and Communications Conference held jointly with 2013 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 2013 18th

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Type

conf

Filename

6597408