研究目的
To demonstrate an integrated strictly non-blocking silicon 4×4 optical switch chip that can be operated in both thermo-optic (TO) and electro-optic (EO) switching modes, based on the double-layer network (DLN) architecture.
研究成果
The demonstrated silicon 4×4 DLN optical switch chip shows balanced performance in loss and crosstalk for both TO and EO switching modes, making it a promising candidate for future all-optical switching networks in versatile application scenarios.
研究不足
The limitations include the large footprint due to the O(N2) growth in the number of switch elements with port count, and the degradation in insertion loss and crosstalk performance for EO switching due to the free carrier absorption effect.