• DocumentCode
    689112
  • Title

    Low-energy, scalable hybrid crosspoint switch design

  • Author

    Cheng, Qi ; Wonfor, Adrian ; Wang, Kangping ; Olle, Vojtech F. ; Penty, Richard V. ; White, Ian H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A hybrid crosspoint switch combining MZI and SOA components is proposed, which for a 2×2 port switch primitive implementation exhibits crosstalk of -46dB. This architecture makes port count up to 64×64 feasible.
  • Keywords
    Mach-Zehnder interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical design techniques; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 2×2 port switch primitive implementation; MZI; SOA components; crosstalk; low-energy switch design; port count; scalable hybrid crosspoint switch design; Crosstalk; Fabrics; Optical crosstalk; Optical switches; Ports (Computers); Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833494