Abstract

In this Letter, we present a new hybrid broadband-crossbar switching network that can switch multiple wavelengths on demand and can also multicast. This switch fabric is an improvement over our previous design in both switch footprint and power consumption, as it reduces the number of switching elements by approximately 50%. We compare the switch loss and crosstalk with that of a multiwavelength selective crossbar switch. We also comment on fabrication tolerance of second-order ring resonators based on experimental results of 64 second-order ring resonators, and more than 250 heaters.

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