Demonstration of a hitless bypass switch using nanomechanical perturbation for high-bitrate transparent networks

We demonstrate an optical hitless bypass switch based on nanomechanical proximity perturbation for high-bitrate transparent networks. Embedded in a single-level π-imbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer, the two nanomechanical-based Δβ-directional couplers permit broadband signal rerouting on-chip, w...

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Main Authors: Chatterjee, Rohit, Yu, Mingbin, Stein, Aaron, Kwong, Dim-Lee, Kimerling, Lionel C., Wong, Chee Wei
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Optical Society of America 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79709
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3913-6189