Silicon photonics based 1 x 2 wavelength selective switch using fold-back arrayed-waveguide gratings

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作者
Nakamura, Fumi [1 ]
Asakura, Hideaki [1 ]
Suzuki, Keijiro [2 ]
Tanizawa, Ken [2 ,3 ]
Ohtsuka, Minoru [2 ]
Yokoyama, Nobuyuki [2 ]
Matsumaro, Kazuyuki [2 ]
Seki, Miyoshi [2 ]
Koshino, Keiji [2 ]
Ikeda, Kazuhiro [2 ]
Namiki, Shu [2 ]
Kawashima, Hitoshi [2 ]
Tsuda, Hiroyuki [1 ]
机构
[1] Keio Univ, Fac Sci & Technol, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Kohoku Ku, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2238522, Japan
[2] Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058569, Japan
[3] Tamagawa Univ, Quantum ICT Res Inst, 6-1-1 Tamagawagakuen, Machida, Tokyo 1948610, Japan
来源
IEICE ELECTRONICS EXPRESS | 2018年 / 15卷 / 14期
关键词
silicon photonics; optical switch; optical communication; arrayed waveguide grating; waveguide crossing; wavelength selective switch;
D O I
10.1587/elex.15.20180532
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We report on a novel design of a wavelength selective switch (WSS) using silicon photonics technology. It comprises of 1 x 4 interleavers, arrayed-waveguide gratings (AWGs) connected to fold-back waveguides, and 1 x 2 optical Mach-Zehnder interferometer switches. In the proposed WSS, fold-back waveguides enable the AWGs to be used for both demultiplexing and multiplexing. Therefore the WSS has less waveguide crossings than a conventional configuration. Moreover, a 20-channel, 200-GHz spacing, 1 x 2 fold-back type WSS was fabricated on 5 mm x 10 mm SOI chip using CMOS technology.
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