1. Monolithic Integrated Slot-Blocker for High Datarate Coherent Optical Slot Switched Networks
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Yvan Pointurier, Guilhem de Valicourt, I. Ghorbel, Guang-Hua Duan, Jean-Marc Fedeli, Chia-Ming Chang, Sebastien Bigo, Alexandre Shen, Karen Ribaud, Young-Kai Chen, Laurent Bramerie, Delphine Marris-Morini, Sethumadhavan Chandrasekhar, Eric Borgne, Laurent Vivien, M. A. Mestre, Jean-Claude Simon, Sebastian Randel, Bell Labs, Bell Labs (Alcatel Lucent), Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs France [Nozay], Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs France, Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives - Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Technologie de l'Information (CEA-LETI), Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) (DRT (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON (FOTON), Université de Rennes (UR)-Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany (UEB)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie (ENSSAT)-Télécom Bretagne-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut d'électronique fondamentale (IEF), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Alcatel-Thales III-V Lab (III-V Lab), THALES [France], French Department of Industry (DGE), CELTIC+ SASER-SAVENET, European Project: SASER, Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany (UEB)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-École Nationale Supérieure des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie (ENSSAT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Télécom Bretagne, and THALES
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Silicon photonics ,Computer science ,Optical cross-connect ,02 engineering and technology ,Optical performance monitoring ,Optical burst switching ,Optical switch ,Multiplexing ,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics ,020210 optoelectronics & photonics ,Optical Transport Network ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Electronic engineering ,[SPI.OPTI]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Optics / Photonic ,Optical add-drop multiplexer - Abstract
International audience; Recent progresses on monolithic SOI-based integration are presented for achieving high-performance slot-blocker for cost-sensitive metropolitan and datacenter networks. We review several nodes architectures for such optical slot switching ring networks. Such devices integrate up to 65 functional elements, allowing complex operations such as polarization and wavelength (de)multiplexing with sub-wavelength switching capability. Compact footprint, fast switching time (below 10 ns) as well as high extinction ratio (more than 20 dB) are demonstrated. We demonstrate the fast add/drop operation of advanced modulation formats (56/80 Gbit/s SP-QPSK, 128 Gbit/s PDM-QPSK, 256 Gbit/s PDM-16QAM, and 320 Gbit/s PDM-32QAM) using three generations of integrated slot-blockers.
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- 2016
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