De-multiplexing free on-chip low-loss multimode switch enabling reconfigurable inter-mode and inter-path routing

Switching and routing are critical functionalities for a reconfigurable bandwidth-dense optical network, and great efforts had been made to accommodate mode-division multiplexing technology. Although the reconfigurable routing for spatial-mode groups between different optical paths was realized rece...

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Main Authors: Sun Chunlei, Wu Wenhao, Yu Yu, Chen Guanyu, Zhang Xinliang, Chen Xia, Thomson David J., Reed Graham T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2018-08-01
Series:Nanophotonics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2018-0053