Controlled Mode Interaction Based Broad-Band Optical Switching Unit and VOA in Silica-on-Silicon

E. Narevicius,Romanas Narevich,Ilya Vorobeichik,S Wang,Jens Dieckroeger,G Heise,Detlef Krabe,Yoav Berlatzky,Nimrod Moiseyev,I. Shtrichman,Gershon Rosenblum

Controlled Mode Interaction Based Broad-Band Optical Switching Unit and VOA in Silica-on-Silicon

2005

E. Narevicius
Romanas Narevich
Ilya Vorobeichik
S Wang
Jens Dieckroeger
G Heise
Detlef Krabe
Yoav Berlatzky
Nimrod Moiseyev
I. Shtrichman
Gershon Rosenblum

We present a novel wideband PLC based switch with IL of <0.2dB and extinction ratio of 40dB in both switching states. Our SU can be used as normally dark VOA with 1dB PDL @20dB attenuation.

Keywords:

Wideband
Optics
Attenuation
Extinction ratio
Optoelectronics
Physics
Optical switch
Silicon
integrated optics
broad band

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