Title :
Performance optimization for switch matrices based on carrier-injection-driven Mach-Zehnder switch cells
Author :
Dumais, Patrick ; Jiang, Jianliang ; Mehrvar, Hamid ; Celo, D. ; Goodwill, D.J. ; Bernier, Eric
Author_Institution :
Huawei Technol. Canada, Kanata, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Experimental results of 1×2 and 2×2 carrier-injection Mach-Zehnder switch cells fabricated on a commercial multi-project wafer are reported. The performance of the devices is compared to targets determined by system architecture.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical switches; carrier-injection-driven Mach-Zehnder switch cells; commercial multiproject wafer; device performance; performance optimization; switch matrices; system architecture; Insertion loss; Optical losses; Optical switches; Performance evaluation; Phase shifters; Transmission line matrix methods;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6962039
