96-Channel on-chip reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer for multidimensional multiplexing systems

Autor: Zhao Weike, Peng Yingying, Cao Xiaoping, Zhao Shi, Liu Ruoran, Wei Yihui, Liu Dajian, Yi Xiaolin, Han Shangtong, Wan Yuanjian, Li Kang, Wu Guangze, Wang Jian, Shi Yaocheng, Dai Daoxin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nanophotonics, Vol 11, Iss 18, Pp 4299-4313 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2192-8614
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2022-0319
Popis: The multi-dimensional multiplexing technology is very promising for further increasing the link capacity of optical interconnects. A 96-channel silicon-based on-chip reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) is proposed and demonstrated for the first time to satisfy the demands in hybrid mode/polarization/wavelengthdivision-multiplexing systems. The present ROADM consists of a six-channel mode/polarization de-multiplexer, a 6 × 16 array of microring-resonator (MRR)-based wavelength-selective switches, and a six-channel mode/polarization multiplexer. With such a ROADM, one can add/drop optical signals to/from any channels of the multimode bus waveguide arbitrarily. For the designed and fabricated ROADM chip, there are more than 1000 elements integrated monolithically, including 96 MRRs, 576 waveguide crossings, 192 grating couplers, 96 micro-heaters, 112 pads, six polarization-splitter-rotators (PSRs), four asymmetric adiabatic couplers and four asymmetric directional couplers. For any channel added/dropped with the fabricated ROADM, the on-chip excess loss is about 5–20 dB, the inter-mode crosstalk is
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