Non-Blocking 4x4 Electro-Optic Silicon Switch for On-Chip Photonic Networks

作者：Yang Min^*; Green William M J; Assefa Solomon; Van Campenhout Joris; Lee Benjamin G; Jahnes Christopher V; Doany Fuad E; Schow Clint L; Kash Jeffrey A; Vlasov Yurii A

来源：Optics Express, 2011, 19(1): 47-54.

DOI：10.1364/OE.19.000047

We present a 4x4 spatially non-blocking Mach-Zehnder based silicon optical switch fabricated using processes fully compatible with standard CMOS. We successfully demonstrate operation in all 9 unique switch states and 12 possible I/O routing configurations, with worst-case cross-talk levels lower than -9 dB, and common spectral bandwidth of 7 nm. High-speed 40 Gbps data transmission experiments verify optical data integrity for all input-output channels.

• 出版日期2011-1-3
• 单位IBM