简介：Wereportonthefirstmonolithicallyintegratedmicroring-basedopticalswitchintheswitch-and-selectarchitecture.Theswitchfabricdeliversstrictlynon-blockingconnectivitywhilecompletelycancelingthefirst-ordercrosstalk.The4×4switchingcircuitconsistsofeightsiliconmicroring-basedspatial(de-)multiplexersinterconnectedbyaSi/SiNdual-layercrossing-freecentralshuffle.Analysisoftheon-stateandoff-statepowertransferfunctionsrevealstheextinctionratiosofindividualringresonatorsexceeding25dB,leadingtoswitchcrosstalksuppressionofuptoover50dBintheswitch-and-selecttopology.Opticalpathsareassessed,showinglossesaslowas0.1dBperoff-resonanceringand0.5dBperon-resonancering.Photonicswitchingisactuatedwithintegratedmicro-heaterstogivean~24GHzpassband.Thefullypackageddeviceisflip-chipbondedontoaprintedcircuitboardbreakoutboardwithaUV-curvedfiberarray.

简介：Mode-andpolarization-divisionmultiplexingoffernewdimensionstoincreasethetransmissioncapacityofopticalcommunications.Selectiveswitchesarekeycomponentsinreconfigurableopticalnetworknodes.Anon-chipsilicon2×2mode-andpolarization-selectiveswitchthatcanroutefourdatachannelsontwomodesandtwopolarizationssimultaneouslyisproposedandexperimentallydemonstratedforthefirsttime,tothebestofourknowledge.Theoverallinsertionlossesarelowerthan8.6dB.Toreducetheinter-modalcrosstalk,polarizationbeamsplittersareaddedtofiltertheundesiredpolarizationsormodes.Themeasuredinter-modalandintra-modalcrosstalkvaluesarebelow-23.2and-22.8dBforallthechannels,respectively.