Design of a digital, ultra-broadband electro-optic switch for reconfigurable optical networks-on-chip

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 23793-23808

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

CARRIER INJECTION; ELECTRO-OPTIC SWITCH; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; MACH-ZEHNDER; MACH-ZEHNDER SWITCH; NOISE-TOLERANT; NOVEL DESIGN; OPTICAL BAND WIDTH; OPTICAL SIMULATION; RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL NETWORK; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SINGLE STAGE; SWITCH DESIGNS; SWITCHING RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE; ULTRA-BROADBAND; ULTRA-WIDE; VOLTAGE NOISE;

SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORK; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DEVICES; REFRACTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 73949154834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.023793     Document Type: Article

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