A monolithic wavelength-routing switch using double-ring-resonator-coupled tunable lasers with highly reflective mirrors

Author

Segawa, T. ; Matsuo, S. ; Kakitsuka, T. ; Shibata, Y. ; Sato, T. ; Takahashi, R.

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

May 31 2010-June 4 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We report a monolithically integrated 8×8 wavelength-routing switch with semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based wavelength converters and double-ring-resonator-coupled tunable lasers incorporated with highly reflective cavity mirrors. The dry-etched mirror coated with Au enables flexibility in device layout. It allows highly reflective mirrors in a chip and antireflective coating on both the input and output facets of the wavelength converters. A 1×8 high-speed wavelength routing operation of a non-return-to-zero signal at 10 Gbit/s is demonstrated.

Keywords

gold; mirrors; optical resonators; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Au; antireflective coating; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; double-ring-resonator-coupled tunable lasers; dry-etched mirror; high-speed wavelength routing; monolithic wavelength-routing switch; reflective cavity mirrors; reflective mirrors; semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based wavelength converters; Filters; Gold; High speed optical techniques; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Switches; Throughput; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Indium Phosphide & Related Materials (IPRM), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kagawa

ISSN

1092-8669

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5919-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIPRM.2010.5515986

Filename

5515986