• DocumentCode
    3701256
  • Title

    Monolithic integrated reflective polarization diversity SOI-based slot-blocker for fast reconfigurable 128 Gb/s and 256 Gb/s optical networks

  • Author

    G. de Valicourt;S. Chandrasekhar;J. H. Sinsky;C-M. Chang;Y. K. Chen;M. A. Mestre;Y. Pointurier;S. Bigo;J.-M. Fedeli;L. Bramerie;J.-C. Simon;L. Vivien;A. Shen;A. Le liepvre;G. H. Duan

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, 791 Holmdel Road, Holmdel, New Jersey 07733, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a novel fully integrated, silicon-on-insulator, 16-channel polarization diversity fast reflective slot-blocker with nanosecond switching time, integrating more than 65 functional elements. Its suitability for use in reconfigurable metropolitan networks is assessed.
  • Keywords
    "Optical attenuators","Optical noise","Bit error rate","Signal to noise ratio","Optical switches","Optical crosstalk","Optical polarization"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341953
  • Filename
    7341953