High-port-count optical circuit switches for intra-datacenter networks [Invited Tutorial]

Y Mori, KI Sato - Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2021 - opg.optica.org
With the rapid spread of cloud-based services, intra-datacenter traffic is growing
exponentially. In typical present datacenters, top-of-rack switches, which act as gateways to …

Large-scale silicon photonics switch based on 45-nm CMOS technology

K Ikeda, K Suzuki, R Konoike, S Namiki… - Optics …, 2020 - Elsevier
In optical networks for telecom and datacom, an unprecedented energy efficient system is
demanded since the amount of data traffic is rapidly increasing while a significant …

SiN/Si double-layer platform for ultralow-crosstalk multiport optical switches

R Konoike, K Suzuki, K Tanizawa, S Suda… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate a double-layer platform of silicon nitride and silicon for
ultralow-crosstalk multiport optical switches. By using a silicon nitride overpass with a large …

Polarization-independent C-band tunable filter based on cascaded Si-wire asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer

K Suzuki, K Tanizawa, S Suda… - … (OECC) held jointly …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Polarization-independent C-band tunable filter based on cascaded Si-wire asymmetric
Mach-Zehnder interferometer Page 1 OECC/PS2016 Polarization-Independent C-Band Tunable …

Strictly Non-Blocking Silicon Photonics Switches

K Suzuki, R Konoike, S Suda, H Matsuura… - IEICE Transactions …, 2020 - search.ieice.org
We review our research progress of multi-port optical switches based on the silicon
photonics platform. Up to now, the maximum port-count is 32 input ports× 32 output ports, in …

2x4 Hybrid MZI-MMI Configuration with MMI Phase-shifters as a High-speed Optical Switch with Low Power Consumption

B Niraula, C Rizal - 2019 - preprints.org
This paper reports 2× 4 hybrid Mach-zehnder interferometer (MZI)-multi-mode
interferometers (MMI) based compact thermo-optical switch consisting of slab waveguides …