Comparison of ring resonator and Mach-Zehnder photonic switches integrated with digital CMOS drivers

We report a low-power silicon photonic ring-resonator switch integrated with a CMOS driver that achieves sub 3.5-ns transition times, below -20-dB crosstalk, and ~1-mW combined switch and driver power consumption. Results are compared to non-resonant Mach-Zehnder based switches.

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society pp. 327 - 328
Main Authors:	Lee, B G, Green, W M J, Van Campenhout, J, Schow, C L, Rylyakov, A V, Assefa, S, Yang, M, Rosenberg, J, Kash, J A, Vlasov, Y A
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 01-11-2010
Subjects:	CMOS integrated circuits Crosstalk Driver circuits Optical switches Photonics Power demand Silicon
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Summary:	We report a low-power silicon photonic ring-resonator switch integrated with a CMOS driver that achieves sub 3.5-ns transition times, below -20-dB crosstalk, and ~1-mW combined switch and driver power consumption. Results are compared to non-resonant Mach-Zehnder based switches.
ISBN:	9781424453689 1424453682
ISSN:	1092-8081 2766-1733
DOI:	10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698892