Four- and Eight-Port Photonic Switches Monolithically Integrated with Digital CMOS Logic and Driver Circuits

• DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2013.pdp5c.3
• Publication Date: 2013-04-04T22:08:53Z
• Authors: Benjamin G. Lee; Alexander V. Ryly...; William M. J. Green; Solomon Assefa; Christian W. Baks; Renato Rimolo-Don...; Daniel M. Kuchta; Marwan H. Khater; Tymon Barwicz; Carol Reinholm; Edward Kiewra; Steven M. Shank; Clint L. Schow; Yurii A. Vlasov
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences

We demonstrate in a single chip a complete multiport photonic switching system using IBM 90-nm photonics-enabled CMOS. The system includes CMOS logic, switch drivers, multistage 4×4 and 8×8 photonic switch fabrics, and thermo-optic phase tuners.