Integrated wavelength and space selective switching systems in III-Vs

Author

Williams, K.A. ; Rohit, A.

Author_Institution

COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2012

fDate

11-14 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Recent progress in space and wavelength selective switch technology is reviewed. Multi-port switch architectures allowing the simultaneous and independent routing of multiple wavelength channels are considered as a route to high connectivity optical interconnection. Monolithically integrated optoelectronic circuits facilitating fast nanosecond time-scale reconfigurability are presented. Comparisons are made with discretely populated demonstration circuits, identifying the challenges and opportunities for larger scale integrated circuits.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical interconnections; optical switches; high connectivity optical interconnection; independent routing; monolithically integrated optoelectronic circuits; multiple wavelength channel routing; multiport switch; nanosecond time scale reconfigurability; space selective switching system; wavelength switching system; Logic gates; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical switches; photonic integrated circuits; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength selective switching;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ajaccio

Type

conf

Filename

6608251