Silicon and hybrid silicon photonic devices for intra-datacenter applications: state of the art and perspectives

Y Li, Y Zhang, L Zhang, AW Poon - Photonics Research, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We review the state of the art and our perspectives on silicon and hybrid silicon photonic
devices for optical interconnects in datacenters. After a brief discussion of the key …

Integrated optical delay lines: a review and perspective

L Zhou, X Wang, L Lu, J Chen - Chinese Optics Letters, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Optical delay lines (ODLs) are one of the key enabling components in photonic integrated
circuits and systems. They are widely used in time-division multiplexing, optical signal …

16× 16 non-blocking silicon optical switch based on electro-optic Mach-Zehnder interferometers

L Lu, S Zhao, L Zhou, D Li, Z Li, M Wang, X Li… - Optics express, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate a 16× 16 non-blocking optical switch fabric with a footprint
of 10.7× 4.4 mm^ 2. The switch fabric is composed of 56 2× 2 silicon Mach-Zehnder …

16× 16 silicon optical switch based on dual-ring-assisted Mach–Zehnder interferometers

Z Guo, L Lu, L Zhou, L Shen… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we report a nanosecond 16× 16 silicon electro-optic switch chip based on a
Benes architecture. The switch adopts dual-ring-assisted Mach-Zehnder interferometers as …

16× 16 silicon Mach–Zehnder interferometer switch actuated with waveguide microheaters

S Zhao, L Lu, L Zhou, D Li, Z Guo, J Chen - Photonics Research, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate a 16× 16 reconfigurably nonblocking optical switch fabric
using a Benes architecture. The switch fabric consists of 56 2× 2 Mach–Zehnder …

Automated routing and control of silicon photonic switch fabrics

A Annoni, E Guglielmi, M Carminati… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic reconfiguration and feedback controlled routing is demonstrated in an silicon
photonic switch fabric based on Mach–Zehnder interferometers. The use of noninvasive …

Silicon non-blocking 4× 4 optical switch chip integrated with both thermal and electro-optic tuners

L Lu, X Li, W Gao, X Li, L Zhou… - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally demonstrate an integrated strictly non-blocking silicon 4× 4 optical switch
chip that can be operated in both thermo-optic (TO) and electro-optic (EO) switching modes …

Modeling and Characterization of a Nonblocking Mach–Zehnder Silicon Photonic Switch Fabric

N Dupuis, BG Lee, AV Rylyakov… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present simulation and experimental results on a silicon photonic strictly nonblocking 4×
4 electrooptic Mach-Zehnder-based switch fabric. We propose a simulation framework …

Broadband polarization-insensitive optical switch on silicon-on-insulator platform

H Yang, Y Kuan, T Xiang, Y Zhu, X Cai, L Liu - Optics Express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
A novel configuration for realizing a polarization-insensitive optical switch on silicon-on-
insulator of 340nm-thick top-silicon layer is demonstrated, using submicron sized …

Polarization effect on the performance of on-chip wireless optical point-to-point links

G Calò, G Bellanca, F Fuschini, M Barbiroli, V Tralli… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Optical on-chip wireless interconnection is an emerging technology that aims to overcome
the communication bottleneck in computing architectures and in which multiple processing …