Nanosecond-scale shift-and-dump Mach-Zehnder switch.

作者:Dupuis, Nicolas; Proesel, Jonathan E; Ainspan, Herschel; Baks, Christian W; Meghelli, Mounir; Lee, Benjamin G
来源:Optics Letters, 2019, 44(18): 4614-4616.
DOI:10.1364/OL.44.004614

摘要

We present a Mach-Zehnder-based optical switch with novel electrooptic shift-and-dump phase shifters that have no residual amplitude modulation. As a result, the switch can have a very high extinction ratio with no overhead in power dissipation or insertion loss compared to standard electrooptic Mach-Zehnder switches. We fabricate the switch in an all-digital silicon photonic platform that monolithically integrates the actuation and control electronics together with the photonics. The switch demonstrates an extinction ratio >33  dB, insertion loss <1.2  dB, and nanosecond-scale transients.

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