Title :
Polarization-diversity 4 × 4 Si-wire optical switch
Author :
Keijiro Suzuki;Ken Tanizawa;Sang-Hun Kim;Satoshi Suda;Guangwei Cong;Kauzhiro Ikeda;Shu Namiki;Hitoshi Kawashima
Author_Institution :
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We present a polarization-diversity 4 × 4 silicon-wire optical switch on a 2.1-mm × 1.1-mm die, which employs the TE and TM components but no polarization rotator for simple fabrication. The switch exhibited 12.5 dB on-chip loss, 1.9 dB PDL, and ~10 ps DGD.
Keywords :
"Optical switches","Optical devices","Decision support systems","Optical fiber communication","Silicon photonics","Europe"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2015 International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2015.7328973
