Largest-scale silicon photonic switch: Low loss optical design enables up to 2,500 switch elements on 1 x 1 cm chip

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 17:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Today's explosion of video and Internet data is driving unprecedented traffic demand within datacenters. With data transfer rates exceeding 100 gigabits-per-second (Gb/s), communication between servers requires optical switches with faster switching time (micro-to nano-second level), broader band operation, larger capacity for switching elements and lower energy consumption.

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