简介:Weexperimentallydemonstratea16×16reconfigurablynonblockingopticalswitchfabricusingaBenesarchitecture.Theswitchfabricconsistsof562×2Mach–Zehnderinterferometerbasedelementaryswitches,witheachintegratedwithapairofwaveguidemicroheaters.Theaverageon-chipinsertionlossis~5.2dBforbothofthe'all-cross'andthe'all-bar'states,withalossvariationof1dBoverallroutingpaths.Thecrosstalkforallswitchingstatesisbetterthan-30dB.Theswitchingtimeoftheswitchelementisabout22μs.Theswitchingfunctionalityisverifiedbytransmissionofa40Gb∕squadraturephase-shiftkeyingopticalsignal.
简介:ThepresolarSiCgrains[1]carrytheoriginalstellarnucleosynthesissignature.Theirisotopicanomaliescomparedtothesunarethestrongconstrainsinthesupernovae(SN)modelcalculations.The15N-excessinsomeSiC-ABgrains(12C/13C<10and14N/15N<272)isoneofthechallengesofcore-collapsesupernovae(CCSNe)models[2].Recently,PignataripointedoutthattheentrainmentofH-richmaterialintotheHeshellbeforetheSNexplosionallowsthecoproductionof13C,15Nand26Al,whichprovidesanewproductionscenarioforSiC-ABgrains[2].IntheHeshellnucleosynthesis,the13Cisproducedthrough12C(p,γ)13N(β+γ)13Creaction.The14Nissynthesizedthrough13N(n,γ)and13C(p,γ)reactions.