Low-power, 2x2 silicon electro-optic switch with 110-nm bandwidth for broadband reconfigurable optical networks

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 24020-24029

  Van Campenhout, Joris ^a   Green, William M J ^a   Assefa, Solomon ^a   Vlasov, Yurii A ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER INJECTION; CROSS-TALK LEVELS; DRIVE VOLTAGE; ELECTRO-OPTIC SWITCH; FAST SWITCHING; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MACH-ZEHNDER; METALLIZATIONS; OPTICAL BAND WIDTH; RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL NETWORK; STANDARD CMOS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; ULTRA-BROADBAND;

BANDWIDTH;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORK; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POWER SUPPLY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON;

EID: 73949127490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.024020     Document Type: Article

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