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Area of Science:

  • Photonics
  • Integrated Optics
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • High-performance photonic switches are essential for scaling programmable and reconfigurable photonic circuits.
  • Conventional optical switches face limitations in size, power consumption, and bandwidth due to mode coupling or interference mechanisms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and realize a novel silicon photonic 2x2 elementary switch.
  • To overcome the limitations of conventional optical switches by introducing a new design principle.

Main Methods:

  • A silicon photonic 2x2 elementary switch based on a split waveguide crossing (SWX) was designed and fabricated.
  • The SWX manipulates light propagation by splitting and combining two halves to achieve OFF/ON switching states.
  • A 64x64 switch array utilizing Benes topology was also fabricated and characterized.

Main Results:

  • The proposed SWX switch demonstrated excellent performance with low excess loss and low crosstalk.
  • The switch operates effectively over an ultrawide bandwidth.
  • Fabricated devices, including the 64x64 array, show significant potential for practical applications.

Conclusions:

  • The novel split waveguide crossing (SWX) offers a promising solution for high-performance photonic switching.
  • This technology can enable advancements in photonic interconnects, Lidar, spectroscopy, photonic computing, and microwave photonics.