Title :
Silicon Microring Resonator-Based Broadband Comb Switch for Wavelength-Parallel Message Routing
Author :
Biberman, Aleksandr ; Dong, Po ; Lee, Benjamin G. ; Foster, Justin D. ; Lipson, Michal ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Columbia Univ., New York
Abstract :
We demonstrate error-free propagation of wavelength-parallel 160-Gb/s optical data in a broadband silicon microring resonator-based comb switch, and observe no power penalty increase associated with inter-channel crosstalk when scaling from one to 16 wavelength channels.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; micro-optics; microcavities; optical resonators; optical switches; silicon; Si; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; broadband comb switch; error-free propagation; interchannel crosstalk; photonic integrated circuits; silicon microring resonator; wavelength-parallel message routing; wavelength-parallel optical data; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical pulse generation; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Silicon; Switches; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382485
