Title :
High extinction ratio optical switching independently of temperature with silicon photonic 1 × 8 switch
Author :
Nakamura, Shigeru ; Takahashi, Shigeki ; Ogura, Ichiro ; Ushida, Jun ; Kurata, Kazuhiko ; Hino, Tomoyuki ; Takeshita, Hitoshi ; Tajima, Akio ; Yu, Ming-Bin ; Lo, Guo-Qiang
Author_Institution :
Green Innovation Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate high extinction ratio optical switching over 40 dB independently of the temperature in the range from 0°C to 75°C with the 1 × 8 selector switch composed of silicon thermo-optical switch elements.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical switches; photonic switching systems; silicon; thermo-optical devices; Si; extinction ratio; optical switching; selector switch; silicon photonic 1 × 8 switch; silicon thermo-optical switch; temperature 0 degC to 75 degC; Extinction ratio; Heating; Optical switches; Silicon; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
