Title :
Broadband hitless silicon electro-optic switch for optical networkson-chip
Author :
Lira, Hugo L R ; Manipatruni, Sasikanth ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report the demonstration of a broadband (60 GHz) hitless switch electrically driven by PIN diodes surrounding two coupled resonant cavities. The topology used enables the switch operation without perturbing adjacent channels in a WDM system.
Keywords :
electro-optical switches; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical filters; p-i-n diodes; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; PIN diodes; WDM system; broadband hitless silicon electro-optic switch; compact broadband filter; coupled resonant cavities; frequency 60 GHz; integrated filter; optical networks on-chip; silicon photonics; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical ring resonators; Optical scattering; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Resonance; Silicon; Slabs; electro-optic switch; hitless switching; on-chip optical networks; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338366
