Highly integrated 3×3 silicon thermo-optical switch using a single combined phase shifter for optical interconnects |
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Authors: | Wang Wanjun Zhou Haifeng Yang Jianyi Wang Minghua Jiang Xiaoqing |
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Institution: | Department of Information Science and Electronics Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China. |
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Abstract: | We report on an experimental 3×3 thermo-optical switch on silicon on insulator. By controlling a single combined phase shifter, light from any input waveguide can be directed to any output waveguide, showing a simple control method and highly integrated structure as compared to the conventional multiway optical switches. Furthermore, the proposed optical switch can be generalized to be a 1×N and N×N optical switch without an extra phase shifter. The switch is fabricated by complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology. By experiment, full 3×3 switching functionality is demonstrated at a wavelength of 1.55 μm, with an average cross talk of -11.1 dB and a power consumption of 97.5 mW. |
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