Broadband hitless silicon electro-optic switch for on-chip optical networks

Hugo L R Lira; Sasikanth Manipatruni; Michal Lipson

doi:10.1364/OE.17.022271

Broadband hitless silicon electro-optic switch for on-chip optical networks

Opt Express. 2009 Dec 7;17(25):22271-80. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.022271.

Authors

Hugo L R Lira¹, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Michal Lipson

Affiliation

¹ School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

PMID: 20052150
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022271

Abstract

We report on the demonstration of a broadband (60 GHz), spectrally hitless, compact (20 microm x 40 microm), fast (7 ns) electro-optical switch. The device is composed of two coupled resonant cavities, each with an independently addressable PIN diode. This topology enables operation of the switch without perturbing adjacent channels in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Computer Communication Networks / instrumentation*
Computer-Aided Design
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Light
Microwaves
Optical Devices*
Refractometry / instrumentation*
Reproducibility of Results
Scattering, Radiation
Semiconductors*
Sensitivity and Specificity
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
Silicon / chemistry*

Substances

Silicon