For the first time, the feasibility of large port count nanosecond reconfiguration time optical switches is demonstrated using a novel hybrid approach, where Mach-Zehnder interferometric (MZI) switches provide low loss high speed routing with short semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) being integrated to enhance extinction. By repeatedly passing signals through a monolithic hybrid dilated 2...

We propose a new scheme based on quantum dot-bimodal cavity coupling system to realize all-optical switch and logic gates in low-photon-number regime. Suppression of mode transmission due to the destructive interference effect is theoretically demonstrated by driving the cavity with two orthogonally polarized pulsed lasers at certain pulse delay. The transmitted mode can be selected by designin...

A novel optical header extraction scheme based on optical differential phase shift keying—DPSK—decoding is examined analytically and experimentally. The header is applied in front of the payload, on the phase of a pulsed optical level introduced for the duration of the header. The proposed scheme offers maximized header extraction efficiency, required by the electronics to identify the header b...

In this paper, we report the advantage of using AC actuating signal for driving MEMS actuators instead of DC voltages. The study is based upon micro mirror devices used in digital mode for optical switching operation. When the pull-in effect is used, charge injection occurs when the micro mirror is maintained in the deflected position. To avoid this effect, a geometrical solution is to realize ...

In this paper we describe some recent developments in how optics can be used inside Internet routers to scale capacity and reduce power. At Stanford University we are currently designing a 100Tb/s Internet router with an optical switch fabric that guarantees 100% throughput for all traffic.