An optical crosspoint switch array based on vertical waveguide couplers are experimentally demonstrated to have very low on-chip crosstalk level of <-60 dB and a ON-OFF contrast of >50 dB. The structure is also compact (250/spl times/250 /spl mu/m per input/output pair) and easily scalable.


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    Title :

    Ultra-low crosstalk, compact integrated optical crosspoint space switch arrays employing active InGaAsP-InP vertical waveguide couplers


    Contributors:
    Siyuan Yu, (author) / Varrazza, R. (author) / Owen, M. (author) / Penty, R.V. (author) / White, I.H. (author) / Rogers, D. (author) / Perrin, S. (author) / Button, C.C. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999-01-01


    Size :

    175714 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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