DocumentCode
2303331
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
fYear
2010
fDate
7-11 Nov. 2010
Firstpage
327
Lastpage
328
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location
Denver, CO
ISSN
-
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-5368-9
Electronic_ISBN
-
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698892
Filename
5698892
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