• DocumentCode
    520255
  • Title

    Transparent high-data-rate optical transmission through broadband hitless bypass switches for chip-scale optical networks

  • Author

    Aras, M.S. ; Biberman, A. ; Ophir, N. ; Stein, A. ; Kocaman, S. ; Chatterjee, R. ; Yu, M. ; Kwong, D.L. ; Bergman, K. ; Wong, C.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Nanostruct. Lab., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate 10-Gb/s optical data channels through broadband hitless switches, with open eye-diagrams and error-free operation (BERs less than 10-12). Both through- and drop-ports are measured in the hitless operation for transparent chip-scale optical networks.
  • Keywords
    error statistics; integrated optics; light transmission; optical fibre networks; optical switches; broadband hitless bypass switches; chip-scale optical networks; high-data-rate optical transmission; optical data channels; Integrated optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pulse generation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Pulse modulation; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499824