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Monolithically Integrated Wavelength-Routing Switch Using Tunable Wavelength Converters with Double-Ring-Resonator Tunable Lasers
Toru SEGAWA Shinji MATSUO Takaaki KAKITSUKA Yasuo SHIBATA Tomonari SATO Yoshihiro KAWAGUCHI Yasuhiro KONDO Ryo TAKAHASHI
Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics
Vol.E94-C
No.9
pp.1439-1446 Publication Date: 2011/09/01 Online ISSN: 1745-1353
DOI: 10.1587/transele.E94.C.1439 Print ISSN: 0916-8516 Type of Manuscript: PAPER Category: Optoelectronics Keyword: monolithic integration, photonic integrated circuits, tunable laser, wavelength conversion, all-optical switch,
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Summary:
We present an 8 8 wavelength-routing switch (WRS) that monolithically integrates tunable wavelength converters (TWCs) and an 8 8 arrayed-waveguide grating. The TWC consists of a double-ring-resonator tunable laser (DRR TL) allowing rapid and stable switching and a semiconductor-optical-amplifier-based optical gate. Two different types of dry-etched mirrors form the laser cavity of the DRR TL, which enable integration of the optical components of the WRS on a single chip. The monolithic WRS performed 1 8 high-speed wavelength routing of a non-return-to-zero signal at 10 Gbit/s. The switching operation was demonstrated by simultaneously using two adjacent TWCs.
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