Polarization independent dilated WDM cross-connect on InP

Author

Herben, C.G.P. ; Maat, D.H.P. ; Leijtens, X.J.M. ; Leys, M.R. ; Oei, Y.S. ; Smit, M.K.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Inf. Technol., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

11

Issue

12

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1599

Lastpage

1601

Abstract

A four wavelength 2/spl times/2 optical wavelength-division-multiplexed cross-connect with dilated switches is reported. The device is monolithically integrated on InP and consist of two eight-channel PHASAR´s combined with 16 electrooptic Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches. On-chip loss is less than -17 dB and crosstalk is better than -20 dB.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical switches; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; light polarisation; optical crosstalk; optical interconnections; wavelength division multiplexing; 17 dB; InP; crosstalk; dilated switches; eight-channel PHASAR; electrooptic Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches; four wavelength 2/spl times/2 optical wavelength-division-multiplexed cross-connect; monolithically integrated; on-chip loss; polarization independent dilated WDM cross-connect; Electrooptic devices; Indium phosphide; Integrated circuit technology; Optical crosstalk; Optical interferometry; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Space technology; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.806859

Filename

806859