• DocumentCode
    1303021
  • 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
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1209
  • Lastpage
    1211
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2010.1194
  • Filename
    5556093