title: Broadband hitless silicon electro-optic switch for on-chip optical networks.
abstract: We report on the demonstration of a broadband (60 GHz), spectrally hitless, compact (20 microm x 40 microm), fast (7 ns) electro-optical switch. The device is composed of two coupled resonant cavities, each with an independently addressable PIN diode. This topology enables operation of the switch without perturbing adjacent channels in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system.
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Hugo L R
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Lira
authors.forename: Sasikanth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manipatruni
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lipson
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008027:Light; D008872:Microwaves; D055096:Optical Devices; D012031:Refractometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012666:Semiconductors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon