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

B. G. Lee, W. M. J. Green, Joris Van Campenhout, Clint L. Schow, Alexander Rylyakov, S. Assefa, Min Yang, Jessie Rosenberg, J. A. Kash, Yurii A. Vlasov

2010 · 14 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

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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