Proposal of InAlGaAs/InAlAs/InP 1×2 cross-point optical switch with mode-spot modulation MMI waveguide and 45° TIR mirror

Author

Fujimoto, S. ; Ueda, Y. ; Kambayashi, K. ; Utaka, K.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

May 31 2010-June 4 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We proposed and analyzed the 1×2 cross-point optical switch with mode-spot modulation in multi-mode interference (MMI) waveguide and 45° total internal reflection (TIR) mirror. It is suitable for crossbar switch fabric and expected some significant switching characteristics for large scale interconnection. As a result, 90° redirection switching is confirmed using FDTD method.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; finite difference time-domain analysis; indium compounds; integrated optics; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical switches; optical waveguides; FDTD method; InAlGaAs-InAlAs-InP; MMI waveguide; TIR mirror; cross point optical switch; crossbar switch fabric; mode spot modulation; multimode interference waveguide; switching characteristics; total internal reflection mirror; Fabrics; Indium compounds; Indium phosphide; Interference; Large-scale systems; Mirrors; Optical reflection; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Proposals; multi-mode interference (MMI); optical cross-point switch (OXS); optical switch;

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.2010.5516064

Filename

5516064