Title :
160 Gbit/s line-rate data routing through monolithic multi-stage optical switch circuit
Author :
Albores-Mejia, Aaron ; Gomez-Agis, Fausto ; Zhang, Shaoting ; Dorren, H.J.S. ; Leijtens, Xaveer J. M. ; de Vries, T. ; Oei, Y.S. ; Heck, Martijn J. R. ; Notzel, R. ; Robbins, D.J. ; Smit, Meint K. ; Williams, K.A.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A monolithic, multi-stage, photonic circuit comprising up to four cascaded, SOA-based, crossbar switches is assessed at record 160 Gbit/s serial line rates. Power penalties of only 1.2 dB signify an important route to high-speed, high-density optoelectronic integrated circuits.
Keywords :
integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical switches; SOA-based switch; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; crossbar switch; data routing; high-density optoelectronic integrated circuit; monolithic multistage optical switch circuit; photonic circuit;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2010.1194
