A universal method for constructing N-port reconfigurable non-blocking optical switches on a silicon chip

Zhao, Li ORCID: 0000-0003-3536-3664 and Shi, Peng ORCID: 0000-0001-8218-586X (2021) A universal method for constructing N-port reconfigurable non-blocking optical switches on a silicon chip. IEEE Access, 10. pp. 1850-1859. ISSN 2169-3536

Abstract

We propose a novel method for building N-port nonblocking optical switches on a silicon chip. The rationale behind this is a bidirectional merge-replace-mirror method. It offers nonblocking interconnections among multiple inputs and outputs. The critical merits include 170 μ m × 300 μ m footprint, nano-second circuit-switching, and 85.1 μ W power consumption per link. The worst-case on-chip insertion loss for the 32-port optical switch is 18.02dB (all cross) and crosstalk is-16.96dB (all bars), respectively.

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Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/46615
DOI 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3139425
Official URL https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9665750
Subjects Current > FOR (2020) Classification > 4007 Control engineering, mechatronics and robotics
Current > Division/Research > Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities
Keywords N-port non blocking optical switches, circuit switching, crosstalk, optical switch
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