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16-Core Recirculating Programmable Si Photonic MEMS

Niels Quack, Alain Yuji Takabayashi
2021
Conference Papers

Abstract

We report on a 16-core recirculating programmable photonic array based on MEMS-tunable directional couplers. The photonic array has a compact footprint (0.04mm(2)/cell) and negligible static power consumption. Waveguide-coupled single-ring resonators, CROWs, and add-drop filters are demonstrated. (C) 2021 The Author(s)

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Niels Quack, Alain Yuji Takabayashi
2021
Conference Papers

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