Title :
High-Throughput Silicon Nanophotonic Deflection Switch for On-Chip Optical Networks
Author :
Vlasov, Yurii ; Green, William M. J. ; Fengnian Xia
Author_Institution :
IBM T.J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate error-free (BER<;10-12 ) deflection switching of multiple 40 Gbps channels with an ultra-compact (30×10 μm2 ), low-latency (<; 2 ns), high throughput (over 360 Gbps), and small crosstalk (<; -10 dB) optical switch based on coupled silicon microring resonators.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical switches; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; coupled silicon microring resonators; error-free deflection switching; on-chip optical networks; optical switch; silicon nanophotonic deflection switch; Bit error rate; Network-on-a-chip; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Ring lasers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528598
