Three-dimensional micro-optical switching system (3D-MOSS) architecture

Tetsuzo Yoshimura; Satoshi Tsukada; Shinji Kawakami; Yukihiro Arai; Hiroaki Kurokawa; Kunihiko Asama

doi:10.1117/12.469635

7 June 2002 Three-dimensional micro-optical switching system (3D-MOSS) architecture

Tetsuzo Yoshimura, Satoshi Tsukada, Shinji Kawakami, Yukihiro Arai, Hiroaki Kurokawa, Kunihiko Asama

Proceedings Volume 4653, WDM and Photonic Switching Devices for Network Applications III; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469635
Event: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2002, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

A high-speed/large-scale architecture, 3D Micro Optical Switching System (3D-MOSS), is proposed. A switching network is divided into sub-network blocks, followed by stacking them to construct a multi-layer structure. The inter-block connection is replaced with short-distance vertical optical wiring, that is, optical z-connection. 3D-MOSS, in contrast with conventional planar structures, reduces waveguide cross points, wiring length, and system size. Expected applications are Switching for Fiber Communications, Reconfigurable 3D Micro Optoelectronic System, and so on. 3D-MOSS consists of OE-films, in which thin-film high-speed micro optical switches are embedded. BPM calculation shows that Variable Well Optical Integrated Circuit (VWOIC), with matrix rectangular electrodes or prism-shaped electrodes on an electro-optic slab waveguide, is viable for the optical switch. BPM/FDTD coupled simulation demonstrates an optical z-connection with 2dB loss in a 4-micrometers -width-waveguide- based network. Resource/cost-saving heterogeneous device integration process, SORT, is briefly described.

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Tetsuzo Yoshimura, Satoshi Tsukada, Shinji Kawakami, Yukihiro Arai, Hiroaki Kurokawa, and Kunihiko Asama "Three-dimensional micro-optical switching system (3D-MOSS) architecture", Proc. SPIE 4653, WDM and Photonic Switching Devices for Network Applications III, (7 June 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.469635

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