A 2 × 2 nonblocking Mach–Zehnder-based silicon switch matrix

doi:10.1364/OE.20.012593

A 2 × 2 nonblocking Mach–Zehnder-based silicon switch matrix

Weiwei Chen, Wanjun Wang, Weifeng Guo, Zhao Gong, Haiquan Zhou, Qiang Zhou, Xiaoqing Jiang, and Jianyi Yang »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 11, pp. 12593-12598 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.012593

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A 2 × 2 non-blocking switch matrix based on the Mach–Zehnder (MZ) interferometer was designed and fabricated on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer through 0.8-μm standard commercial CMOS foundry. The two paired multimode-imaging (MMI) couplers in each MZ switching element were used as power splitters and combiners. Experimental results show that the switching elements are electrically driven with a switching speed of 17.4 ns and its cross-talk is lower than −16.1 dB under a common spectral bandwidth of 35 nm. The total switching power consumption varies from 4.55 mW to 22.4 mW for different switching paths.

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(250.0250) Optoelectronics : Optoelectronics
(250.6715) Optoelectronics : Switching

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Optoelectronics

History
Original Manuscript: March 21, 2012
Revised Manuscript: May 11, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: May 14, 2012
Published: May 18, 2012

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Weiwei Chen, Wanjun Wang, Weifeng Guo, Zhao Gong, Haiquan Zhou, Qiang Zhou, Xiaoqing Jiang, and Jianyi Yang, "A 2 × 2 nonblocking Mach–Zehnder-based silicon switch matrix," Opt. Express 20, 12593-12598 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-11-12593

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