DocumentCode
1792485
Title
Characterization of a silicon-photonic wideband switch in UCSD´s MORDIA ring network
Author
Aguinaldo, Ryan ; Forencich, Alex ; DeRose, Christopher ; Lentine, Anthony ; Starbuck, Andrew ; Fainman, Yeshaiahu ; Porter, George ; Papen, George ; Mookherjea, Shayan
Author_Institution
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
4-7 May 2014
Firstpage
102
Lastpage
103
Abstract
We demonstrate and investigate concurrent switching of twenty 10-Gbps channels using a silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometer switching structure with low on-state loss, low power, and microsecond-scale switching time.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical losses; optical switches; silicon; Si; UCSD MORDIA ring network; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; concurrent switching; microsecond-scale switching time; on-state loss; silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometer switching structure; silicon-photonic wideband switch characterization; Heating; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Optical interferometry; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Switching circuits;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Interconnects Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-2467-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OIC.2014.6886100
Filename
6886100
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