Title :
Improved Mach-Zehnder interferometer with micro-ring-resonator-based two-beam interferometer
Author :
Wang, Fan ; Wang, Xiang ; Xiao, Simiao ; Yu, Hui ; Hao, Yinlei ; Jiang, Xiaoqing ; Wang, Minghua ; Yang, Jianyi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
An optical switch based on the Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) with a micro-ring resonator as the two-beam interferometer is proposed. By configuring appropriate coupling ratios, the improved MZI can always obtain a low crosstalk, even with seriously unbalanced interferencing beams.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optics; optical resonators; optical switches; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; coupling ratios; micro-ring resonator; optical switch; two-beam interferometer; unbalanced interferencing beams; Crosstalk; Interference; Optical coupling; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Optical switches; integrated optics; low crosstalk; optical switch;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771674
