Demultiplexing-free ultra-compact WDM-compatible multimode optical switch assisted by mode exchanger.

Siwei Liu, Xin Fu, Jiaqi Niu, Yujie Huo, Chuang Cheng, Lin Yang

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Article in Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Nonlinear multimode photonics on-chip.Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2025
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Siwei LiuKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3460-9997

Xin FuKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, China.

Jiaqi NiuKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6540-2703

Yujie HuoKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, China.

Chuang ChengKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, China.

Lin YangKey Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 912, Beijing 100083, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0671-6459

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Abstract

Silicon-based optical switches are integral to on-chip optical interconnects, and mode-division multiplexing (MDM) technology has enabled modes to function as carriers in routing, further boosting optical switches' link capacity. However, traditional multimode optical switches, which typically use Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) structures and mode (de)multiplexers, are complex and occupy significant physical space. In this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel demultiplexing-free dual-mode 3 × 3 thermal-optical switch based on micro-rings (MRs) and mode exchangers (MEs). All MRs are designed to handle TE

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mode-division multiplexingon-chip optical interconnectsoptical switchsilicon photonics

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PMID39633733

DOI10.1515/nanoph-2024-0201

PMCPMC11465979

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