Scalable Microring-Based Silicon Clos Switch Fabric With Switch-and-Select Stages

• Published in: IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Qixiang Cheng, Bahadori, Meisam, Yu-Han Hung, Yishen Huang, Abrams, Nathan, Bergman, Keren
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE); Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Subjects: Blocking; Crosstalk; Fabrics; Insertion loss; microring resonators; Network switching; Optical switches; Parameters; photonic integrated circuits; Photonics; Silicon; silicon photonics; switch architectures; Switching; Topology

We propose and analyze a scalable microring-based Clos switch fabric architecture constructed with switch-and-select switching stages. A silicon 4 × 4 building block that was designed and fabricated through American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics is used for the proof-of-principle...