(OC) Optical Communications
  • T. Hirokawa (US) University of California Santa Barbara

WB3.3 - A SPECTRALLY-PARTITIONED CROSSBAR SWITCH WITH THREE DROPS PER CROSS-POINT CONTROLLED WITH A DRIVER

Presentation Type
Contributed Submission
Authors
  • T. Hirokawa (US) University of California Santa Barbara
  • M. Saeidi (US) University of California Santa Barbara
  • A. Maharry (US) UC Santa Barbara
  • R. Helkey (US) University of California Santa Barbara
  • J. Bowers (US)
  • L. Theogarajan (US) University of California Santa Barbara
  • A. Saleh (US) University of California Santa Barbara
  • C. Schow (US) UC Santa Barbara
Date
10/02/2019
Time
01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Room
El Mirador B
Duration
15 Minutes
Lecture Time
02:15 PM - 02:30 PM

Abstract

Abstract

We present the theory and realization of a spectrally-partitioned 4x4 crossbar switch, with three microring resonators per cross-point having disjoint resonance regions within a free spectral range. This demonstration of the switch includes a driver. We describe an associated energy efficient, non-blocking wavelength assignment algorithm.

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