Title :
Photonic bus with multi-channel selection on a SOI chip
Author :
Hsu, Shih-Hsiang ; Panja, Chameli ; Lee, Michael ; Dong, Fhuong-Nhu ; Chan, James
Author_Institution :
APIC Corp., Culver City, CA, USA
Abstract :
We have demonstrated a silicon-on-insulator based photonic bus with integrated splitters and multi-channel optical wavelength selection. The integrated photonic bus has demonstrated a 33+ dB optical crosstalk and a 32+ dB extinction ratio with two-stage of Mach-Zehnder attenuators.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; channel allocation; extinction coefficients; integrated optics; optical attenuators; optical beam splitters; optical crosstalk; silicon-on-insulator; Mach-Zehnder attenuator; SOI chip; extinction ratio; integrated splitter; multichannel optical wavelength selection; optical crosstalk; photonic bus; silicon-on-insulator; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Etching; Integrated circuit technology; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical interconnections; Optical waveguides; Photonic integrated circuits; Silicon on insulator technology;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192526
