InP-InGaAsP integrated 1 × 5 optical switch using arrayed phase shifters

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1063-1065

  Tanemura, Takuo ^a   Takenaka, Mitsuru ^b   Amin, Abdullah Al ^c   Takeda, Koji ^a   Shioda, Tomonari ^a   Sugiyama, Masakazu ^b   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KDDI R AND D LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical interconnection; Optical packet switching (OPS); Optical switch; Photonic integrated circuit

Indexed keywords

INDUCED REFRACTIVE INDEX; INGAASP; INP; OPERATING BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTIONS; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING (OPS); OUTPUT PORTS; PHASED ARRAYS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PACKET SWITCHING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ROUTERS; SWITCHING;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 51449111979     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.924290     Document Type: Article

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