[WE3] Switching Devices and Modules

[WE3-1] High Port Count Silicon Photonic Switches

Invited

Tae Joon Seok^1,2, Kyungmok Kwon¹, Johannes Henriksson¹, Jianheng Luo¹, 〇Ming C. Wu¹ (¹University of California, Barkley, USA, ²Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)

Keywords:Si photonic and heterogeneous platform, Photonic integrated circuit

Silicon photonic switches with port count greater than 200 is realized by combining low-loss micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) switching mechanism with wafer-scale integration. We will review the design, fabrication, and experimental results of recently demonstrated 240x240 switches.