Title :
Optical crossbar switch using fifth-order resonators
Author :
Rohit, A. ; Stabile, R. ; Williams, K.A.
Author_Institution :
Electro-Opt. Commun. Group, Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A crossbar switch has been designed and fabricated using 0.075 mm2-area, fifth order resonant switch elements. Multi-level-metal is implemented to allow addressing of high-density photonic elements and lead connections out to the photonic circuit boundary. A 2×2 crossbar switch is analyzed with four switch elements on a grid of orthogonal input and output bus waveguide. Path dependent power penalties of 0 dB to 1.5 dB for 10 Gb/s data and 20 dB to 36 dB crosstalk levels are measured for the four tested paths.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical crosstalk; optical resonators; optical switches; optical waveguides; bus waveguide; crosstalk levels; fifth order resonant switch elements; multilevel metal; optical crossbar switch; photonic circuit boundary; photonic elements; Metals; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; Optical switches; Optical resonators; photonic switching systems;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ajaccio
