• DocumentCode
    3033728
  • Title

    Scalable quantum dot optical switch matrix in the 1.55μm wavelength range

  • Author

    Albores-Mejia, A. ; Williams, K.A. ; de Vries, T. ; Smalbrugge, E. ; Oei, Y.S. ; Smit, M.K. ; Anantathanasarn, S. ; Nötzel, R.

  • Author_Institution
    COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-7 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The first quantum dot based crossbar switch matrix is proposed, fabricated and demonstrated at a wavelength of 1.55 mum. Power penalty measurements at 10 Gb/s show minimal path dependence with values of 0.4 to 0.6 dB.
  • Keywords
    optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor quantum dots; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; power penalty measurements; quantum dot based crossbar switch matrix; scalable quantum dot optical switch matrix; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength 1.55 mum; Circuits; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber losses; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Power measurement; Power semiconductor switches; Quantum dots; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Transmission line matrix methods; Integrated optoelectronics; optical switches; quantum dots;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Sapporo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4326-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-4-8855-2228-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PS.2008.4804250
  • Filename
    4804250