Monolithic Integrated Reflective Polarization Diversity SOI-based Slot-Blocker for Fast Reconfigurable 128 Gb/s and 256 Gb/s Optical Networks

G. de Valicourt (1, 2) , S. Chandrasekhar (2) , J. H. Sinsky (2) , C-M. Chang (2) , Y. K. Y. K. Chen (2) , M. A. M. A. Mestre (1) , Y. Pointurier (1) , Sébastien Bigo (1) , J.-M. Fedeli (3) , Laurent Bramerie (4) , Jean-Claude Simon (4) , Laurent Vivien (5) , Alexandre Shen (6) , Alban Le Liepvre (6) , Guang-Hua Duan (6)

1 Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs France [Nozay]
2 Bell Labs (Alcatel Lucent)
3 DOPT - Département d'Optronique
4 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
5 IEF - Institut d'électronique fondamentale
6 III-V Lab - Alcatel-Thalès III-V lab

We demonstrate a novel fully integrated, silicon-on-insulator, 16-channel polarization diversity fast reflective slot-blocker, which contains more than 65 integrated functional elements with nanosecond switching time. We assess its suitability for metropolitan networks with reconfigurable connections.

Domaines: Optique / photonique; Optique [physics.optics]

G. de Valicourt, S. Chandrasekhar, J. H. Sinsky, C-M. Chang, Y. K. Y. K. Chen, et al.. Monolithic Integrated Reflective Polarization Diversity SOI-based Slot-Blocker for Fast Reconfigurable 128 Gb/s and 256 Gb/s Optical Networks. 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2015), Sep 2015, Valencia, Spain. ⟨10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341953⟩. ⟨hal-01228740⟩