Nanosecond-Scale Mach–Zehnder-Based CMOS Photonic Switch Fabrics.

Autor: Dupuis, Nicolas, Rylyakov, Alexander V., Schow, Clint L., Kuchta, Daniel M., Baks, Christian W., Orcutt, Jason S., Gill, Douglas M., Green, William M. J., Lee, Benjamin G.
Zdroj: Journal of Lightwave Technology; 2/15/2017, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p615-623, 9p
Abstrakt: We describe Mach-Zehnder-based silicon photonic switch fabrics monolithically integrated with a digital CMOS logic and driver circuitry. We review 2 × 2 Mach-Zehnder switches, 2 × 2 nested Mach-Zehnder switches, and strictly nonblocking 4 × 4 switch fabrics with nanosecond-scale, low-power, low-crosstalk, and low-insertion-loss performances. We also demonstrate fast dynamic reconfigurability on an 8 × 8 butterfly switch fabric. Technical challenges and future research directions of silicon photonic scaled switching systems are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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