• DocumentCode
    1767699
  • Title

    Broadband 4×4 non-blocking optical switch fabric based on Mach-Zehnder interferometers

  • Author

    Linjie Zhou ; Liangjun Lu ; Zuxiang Li ; Jianping Chen

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-10 Nov. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a silicon 4×4 non-blocking Benes switch fabric consisting of three stages of tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometers. Measurements show that the insertion loss is around 10 dB and the crosstalk is below -10 dB over a 40 nm wide wavelength range.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; elemental semiconductors; optical crosstalk; optical losses; optical switches; silicon; Si; broadband 4x4 nonblocking optical switch fabric; crosstalk; insertion loss; silicon Benes switch fabric; tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Crosstalk; Insertion loss; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Tuning; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Optical switches; Silicon photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2014 13th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Suzhou
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICOCN.2014.6987092
  • Filename
    6987092
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1767699