Title :
Comparison of ring resonator and Mach-Zehnder photonic switches integrated with digital CMOS drivers
Author :
Lee, B.G. ; Green, W.M.J. ; Van Campenhout, J. ; Schow, C.L. ; Rylyakov, A.V. ; Assefa, S. ; Yang, M. ; Rosenberg, J. ; Kash, J.A. ; Vlasov, Y.A.
Author_Institution :
T.J. Watson Res. Center, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report a low-power silicon photonic ring-resonator switch integrated with a CMOS driver that achieves sub 3.5-ns transition times, below -20-dB crosstalk, and ~1-mW combined switch and driver power consumption. Results are compared to non-resonant Mach-Zehnder based switches.
Keywords :
CMOS digital integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical crosstalk; optical resonators; optical switches; power consumption; silicon; Mach-Zehnder photonic switches; Si; cross-talk; integrated digital CMOS drivers; low-power silicon photonic ring-resonator switch; power consumption;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698892
