US20050185884A1 - Single-level no-crossing microelectromechanical hitless switch for high density integrated optics - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to the field of high-integrated optics, and in particular to a hitless switch for high-density integrated optics.
- Electro-optic channel waveguide modulators and switches are potentially important circuit components for optical fiber communications systems because they are efficient and can be operated at high frequencies.
- a distinct advantage of channel waveguide devices is that they are suitable for direct coupling to optical fibers since the guided light wave is well confined in bother transverse dimensions. Also, the power required for waveguide modulators is much lower than for bulk modulators.
- Single channel electro optic modulators in which the phase of the propagating light wave is modulated have fabricated in LiTaO 3 and ZnS and ZnSe. Coupling between these devices and an optical fiber is hindered because a polarization analyzer is required at the waveguide output to transform phase modulation to intensity modulation. This constraint can be relieved by direct intensity modulation of the optical signal. It has been demonstrated that amplitude modulation in a GaAs planar waveguide configuration. Direct amplitude modulation in channel waveguides has recently been observed in LiNbO 3 GaAs by applying a voltage so as to cause a localized increased in the refractive index sufficient to trap the input light.
- An electro-optic directional coupler switch comprises two parallel strip line waveguides forming a passive directional coupler with an electro-optic pad at the edge of each waveguide. Initially light is focused onto one of the waveguides and the amount of light coupled to the adjacent channel can be controlled electro-optically. This scheme only permits direct amplitude modulation of the light propagating in one channel, but allows light to be switched from one channel to another.
- an optical switch includes at least two signal bus waveguides that receive optical signals as input. At least two directional couplers are positioned so that the inputs to the at least two directional couplers are not switched relative to each other.
- a method of forming an optical switch includes providing at least two signal bus waveguides that receive optical signals as input. Also, the method includes positioning at least two directional couplers so that the inputs to the at least two directional couplers are not switched relative to each other.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the inventive hitless switch
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a beam propagation path before MEMS perturbation
- FIG. 3 is a graph demonstrating signal power against various ⁇ / ⁇ ratios
- FIG. 4 is a graph demonstrating the extinction ratio in the bypass region against various ⁇ / ⁇ ratios
- FIG. 5 is a graph and schematic diagram illustrating the designed ⁇ values for various gap separations, s, and designed ⁇ for various gap regions, d, and thicknesses, t, of a dielectric slab;
- FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram illustrating an in-plane sliding actuator mechanism
- FIG. 6B is a scanning electron micrograph of the comb-drives used in the in-plane sliding actuator mechanism shown in FIG. 6A ;
- FIG. 7 is a graph illustrating signal loss from asymmetric MEMS perturbation against various ⁇ / ⁇ ratios
- FIG. 8 is a graph demonstrating signal loss due to deviation from ideal ⁇ -phase shift against various ⁇ / ⁇ ratios, wherein the deviation arises from actual device fabrication
- FIG. 9 is a graph demonstrating signal loss from asymmetric directional couplers against various ⁇ / ⁇ ratios
- FIGS. 10A-10B are two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain diagrams verifying the expected properties of the inventive switch.
- FIGS. 11A-11C are process flow diagrams illustrating the formation of the optical switch.
- a new concept of achieving a hitless switch for high-density integrated optics is described herein.
- the need for a hitless switch stems from the finite reconfiguration time necessary for tuning optical add/drop multiplexers. Within this finite time (order of milli- to micro-seconds) information bits will be lost or mixed in the high-bandwidth optical channel. Therefore, there is a requirement to switch the information from a signal bus waveguide to another “bypass” waveguide, without any loss of bits, while the reconfiguration is being performed on devices attached to the signal bus waveguide. When the reconfiguration is complete, the signal is transferred back to the signal bus waveguide without any loss of bits.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary hitless switch 2 in accordance with the invention.
- the hitless switch 2 includes two cascaded directional couplers 4 , 6 , two input signal bus waveguides 8 , 10 , and a bypass region 12 .
- the first input signal bus waveguide 4 inputs a signal a 1 and the second signal bus waveguide 10 input a signal a 2 .
- the signal a 1 and a 2 are inputted to the directional coupler 4 .
- the bypass region 12 receives the output signals a 7 and a 8 of the directional coupler.
- the bypass region 12 includes a Mach Zehnder structure 18 .
- the two arms 14 , 16 of the Mach Zehnder structure 18 form bypass waveguides that receive as input the output signals a 7 and a 8 of the directional coupler 4 .
- the bypass region 12 performs finite reconfiguration time operations on signals a 7 and a 8 , and produces output signals a 3 and a 4 that are provided to the second directional coupler 6 .
- the second directional coupler 6 further processes the signals a 3 and a 4 and produces output signals a 9 and a 10 .
- the output signals a 5 and a 6 are provided to the throughput port 20 and tap port 22 .
- the hitless switch 2 differs from that used in the prior art because the inputs of the second direction coupler 6 does not need to be switched relative to the inputs of the first directional coupler 4 .
- the directional couplers 4 , 6 include microelectromechanical perturbations to perform their processing.
- the microelectromechanical dielectric slab perturbs the waveguide mode on the same vertical plane, through a sliding motion of the dielectric slab.
- the microelectromechanical (MEMS) dielectric perturbation gives a phase mismatch, and hence detuning, of the directional coupler.
- the inventive designs described herein permit a hitless switch to be constructed in a single-level, permitting reductions in device micro- and nano-fabrication complexity. This translates to improvements in device yield, reduction in costs and manufacturing completion time.
- an integrated hitless switch include an alternating- ⁇ optical waveguide coupler.
- the directional couplers are typically electro-optically switched.
- the switched directional couplers can also be surface waves generated through a transducer, differing from the usage of dielectric slab perturbation.
- bypass switches in free-space optics with MEMS micromirrors have been suggested for optical fiber data distribution, though these developments do not use the switched directional couplers discussed herein and are not feasible for high-density integrated optics.
- FIG. 2 shows a beam propagation path 30 that does not use MEMS perturbation.
- a signal a 1 enters at the signal bus waveguide 32 and exits at the through port 36 with a signal a 5 .
- the fields in the coupled waveguides can be modeled through coupled mode theory. For example, the field amplitudes a 3 and a 4 in the bypass region 44 , as shown in FIG.
- the coupling coefficient ⁇ is estimated through a mode solver, and the design verification is done through finite-difference time-domain numerical computations.
- the signals a 5 , a 6 in the through port 36 and tap port 38 can be found by repeating equations (1) and (2) for the second directional coupler 42 , with a 3 and a 4 replacing a 1 and a 2 as the inputs.
- the extinction ratio is defined as
- 2 is shown in FIG. 3 for various ⁇ / ⁇ ratios.
- the resulting extinction ratio is also shown in FIG. 4 .
- a SiN x material system is chosen (refractive index n ⁇ 2.2) to form two signal bus waveguides 50 , 52 shown in FIG. 5 with a width x L of approximately 700 nm and a thickness y L of approximately 300 nm for single-mode guidance.
- the gap separation s between the waveguides 50 , 52 is approximately 250 nm. This provides a coupling coefficient of approximately 88 ⁇ 10 3 which translates to a coupling length of approximately 17.8 ⁇ m.
- the perturbation ⁇ is approximately 152 ⁇ 10 3 .
- This perturbation ⁇ is achievable through MEMS. This is calculated using a mode-solver.
- the perturbation slab has a thickness, t, of approximately 450 nm and a gap d of approximately 50 nm. A summary of the designed results are also shown in FIG. 5 .
- FIG. 5 shows we can design perturbation ⁇ with magnitude on order of the required 3 1/2 ⁇ using MEMS perturbation to achieve complete phase mismatch in the directional couplers.
- An in-plane sliding actuator mechanism 60 can be used to form the necessary perturbation discussed herein.
- the in-plane sliding actuator 60 includes interdigitated comb-drive “fingers” 62 that are actuated by applying a differential voltage between the fingers 62 , shown in FIG. 6A .
- the electrostatic attractive force is mainly due to the fringing fields.
- the capacitance (expressed with first-order accuracy as ⁇ A/g, where ⁇ is the permittivity of the medium surrounding the comb-drive fingers 62 ) is varied through changing the area A linearly, instead of the gap g nonlinearly between two parallel capacitance plates.
- the elements A and gap g are shown in more detail in FIG.
- electrostatic comb-drives 62 have better controllability since it is less susceptible to pull-in instability from the positive feedback in parallel capacitance plate designs. Capacitive position sensing could also be performed.
- a scanning electron micrograph of the comb-drives are shown in FIG. 6B .
- the supporting beams 64 can be designed for sufficient stiffness on order of 0.5 N/m, cantilever lengths of order 150 ⁇ m, widths of order 5 ⁇ m, and thickness of order 0.3 ⁇ m, for order 1 nm displacement resolution of the perturbing dielectric slab.
- the number of comb-drive finger pairs 62 is on order of 50, with a gap of 1 ⁇ m between the fingers, and applied voltages between 1 V for a 1 nm displacement and 50V.
- FIG. 7 illustrates the through port signal (normalized by
- the various lines refer to different magnitudes of asymmetry, such as when the first perturbing slab having ⁇ s 31% larger than the second perturbing slab ⁇ b . From FIG. 7 , it is observed that if the two MEMS perturbing slabs are controlled within 0.76 to 1.31 times of each other, we get a 0.5 dB signal loss in the through port.
- the sensitivity is nonlinear, however; for larger asymmetries, the signal loss is significantly larger.
- FIG. 8 the effects of variations in the ⁇ -phase shift is illustrated in FIG. 8 .
- the variation arises either from asymmetry in the two waveguides arms causing different phase delays or from different input signal frequencies, since the ⁇ -phase shift is geometrically designed for one particular frequency.
- a 0.5 dB hit is predicted; for a ⁇ 1.3% variation, a negligible (less than 0.01 dB) hit is predicted.
- the 1.3% deviation in ⁇ -phase shift arises from operation in the C-band ( ⁇ 1530 to 1570 nm) with the device designed for operation at 1550 nm.
- each directional coupler has a frequency dependence between 1530 to 1570 nm, ranging from 5-10% variation of the coupling ⁇ at 1550 nm.
- the two cascaded directional couplers as a whole is broadband. Operating away from 1550 nm, there is incomplete crossover (“leakage”) at the first directional coupler but this leakage is destructively interfered at the output of the second directional coupler.
- the effects of asymmetric couplers are described in FIG. 9 .
- the device can tolerate a differential variation between ⁇ a and ⁇ b of approximately 0.77 to 1.30 times of each other.
- FIGS. 10A-10B Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculations, as shown in FIGS. 10A-10B , are performed to verify the results from coupled mode theory and the mode solver.
- the FDTD is performed in 2-dimensions with the effective index determined from a perturbation approach.
- FIG. 10A shows complete crossover for the designed conversion length of 15.1 ⁇ m in the designed directional coupler, with specific dimensions described.
- a zero net crossover is observed. This is illustrated in FIG. 10B . This confirms the validity of the device concept and design.
- the device implementation can be reduced to a single-level—with a single lithography step—as described in this invention. This permits reductions in device micro- and nano-fabrication complexity. This also translates to improvements in device yield, reduction in costs and manufacturing completion time.
- the fabrication process flow showing the top view and side profile of the invention, is illustrated in FIGS. 11A-11B .
- the first step is to deposit low-pressure chemical-vapor-deposition nitride 70 on a silicon dioxide layer 74 .
- the silicon dioxide layer 74 is form on a substrate 72 .
- a Si material system having a 200 nm Unibond Silicon-On-Insulator wafer can be used in place of the SiNx material system.
- the SOI wafer can include a Si top layer, silicon dioxide layer, and substrate.
- the second step is to define the device geometry with an electron-beam lithography step, as shown in FIG. 1I B.
- Note a Cr layer 76 is deposited on the top layer 70 the SiNx.
- This step concurrently defines the directional couplers 73 , the MEMS dielectric slabs 75 , and other structures such as the waveguides, supporting structure, and the electrostatic comb-drives. If electron-beam lithography is not used, a photoresist layer can be used to form the device geometry.
- the final step is to release the MEMS structure through a buffered oxide etch 78 that removes the oxide 74 underneath the MEMS structure, as shown in FIG. 11C . This step also removes the cladding underneath the directional couplers.
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An optical switch includes at least two signal bus waveguides that receive optical signals as input. At least two directional couplers are positioned so that the inputs to the at least two directional couplers are not switched relative to each other.
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- This application claims priority from provisional application Ser. No. 60/538,736 filed Jan. 24, 2004, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
- The invention relates to the field of high-integrated optics, and in particular to a hitless switch for high-density integrated optics.
- Electro-optic channel waveguide modulators and switches are potentially important circuit components for optical fiber communications systems because they are efficient and can be operated at high frequencies. A distinct advantage of channel waveguide devices is that they are suitable for direct coupling to optical fibers since the guided light wave is well confined in bother transverse dimensions. Also, the power required for waveguide modulators is much lower than for bulk modulators.
- Single channel electro optic modulators in which the phase of the propagating light wave is modulated have fabricated in LiTaO3 and ZnS and ZnSe. Coupling between these devices and an optical fiber is hindered because a polarization analyzer is required at the waveguide output to transform phase modulation to intensity modulation. This constraint can be relieved by direct intensity modulation of the optical signal. It has been demonstrated that amplitude modulation in a GaAs planar waveguide configuration. Direct amplitude modulation in channel waveguides has recently been observed in LiNbO3 GaAs by applying a voltage so as to cause a localized increased in the refractive index sufficient to trap the input light.
- An electro-optic directional coupler switch comprises two parallel strip line waveguides forming a passive directional coupler with an electro-optic pad at the edge of each waveguide. Initially light is focused onto one of the waveguides and the amount of light coupled to the adjacent channel can be controlled electro-optically. This scheme only permits direct amplitude modulation of the light propagating in one channel, but allows light to be switched from one channel to another.
- According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an optical switch. The optical switch includes at least two signal bus waveguides that receive optical signals as input. At least two directional couplers are positioned so that the inputs to the at least two directional couplers are not switched relative to each other.
- According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of forming an optical switch. The method includes providing at least two signal bus waveguides that receive optical signals as input. Also, the method includes positioning at least two directional couplers so that the inputs to the at least two directional couplers are not switched relative to each other.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating the inventive hitless switch; -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a beam propagation path before MEMS perturbation; -
FIG. 3 is a graph demonstrating signal power against various δ/κ ratios; -
FIG. 4 is a graph demonstrating the extinction ratio in the bypass region against various δ/κ ratios; -
FIG. 5 is a graph and schematic diagram illustrating the designed κ values for various gap separations, s, and designed δ for various gap regions, d, and thicknesses, t, of a dielectric slab; -
FIG. 6A is a schematic diagram illustrating an in-plane sliding actuator mechanism;FIG. 6B is a scanning electron micrograph of the comb-drives used in the in-plane sliding actuator mechanism shown inFIG. 6A ; -
FIG. 7 is a graph illustrating signal loss from asymmetric MEMS perturbation against various δ/κ ratios; -
FIG. 8 is a graph demonstrating signal loss due to deviation from ideal π-phase shift against various δ/κ ratios, wherein the deviation arises from actual device fabrication; -
FIG. 9 is a graph demonstrating signal loss from asymmetric directional couplers against various δ/κ ratios; -
FIGS. 10A-10B are two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain diagrams verifying the expected properties of the inventive switch; and -
FIGS. 11A-11C are process flow diagrams illustrating the formation of the optical switch. - A new concept of achieving a hitless switch for high-density integrated optics is described herein. The need for a hitless switch stems from the finite reconfiguration time necessary for tuning optical add/drop multiplexers. Within this finite time (order of milli- to micro-seconds) information bits will be lost or mixed in the high-bandwidth optical channel. Therefore, there is a requirement to switch the information from a signal bus waveguide to another “bypass” waveguide, without any loss of bits, while the reconfiguration is being performed on devices attached to the signal bus waveguide. When the reconfiguration is complete, the signal is transferred back to the signal bus waveguide without any loss of bits.
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FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplaryhitless switch 2 in accordance with the invention. Thehitless switch 2 includes two cascadeddirectional couplers signal bus waveguides bypass region 12. The first inputsignal bus waveguide 4 inputs a signal a1 and the secondsignal bus waveguide 10 input a signal a2. The signal a1 and a2 are inputted to thedirectional coupler 4. Thebypass region 12 receives the output signals a7 and a8 of the directional coupler. Thebypass region 12 includes a Mach Zehnderstructure 18. The twoarms structure 18 form bypass waveguides that receive as input the output signals a7 and a8 of thedirectional coupler 4. Thebypass region 12 performs finite reconfiguration time operations on signals a7 and a8, and produces output signals a3 and a4 that are provided to the seconddirectional coupler 6. The seconddirectional coupler 6 further processes the signals a3 and a4 and produces output signals a9 and a10. The output signals a5 and a6 are provided to thethroughput port 20 andtap port 22. - The
hitless switch 2 differs from that used in the prior art because the inputs of thesecond direction coupler 6 does not need to be switched relative to the inputs of the firstdirectional coupler 4. Note thedirectional couplers - Other alternatives for an integrated hitless switch include an alternating-Δβ optical waveguide coupler. In these alternatives, the directional couplers are typically electro-optically switched. The switched directional couplers can also be surface waves generated through a transducer, differing from the usage of dielectric slab perturbation. Finally, bypass switches in free-space optics with MEMS micromirrors have been suggested for optical fiber data distribution, though these developments do not use the switched directional couplers discussed herein and are not feasible for high-density integrated optics.
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FIG. 2 shows abeam propagation path 30 that does not use MEMS perturbation. As shown inFIG. 2 , a signal a1 enters at thesignal bus waveguide 32 and exits at the throughport 36 with a signal a5. InFIG. 2 , thecouplers bypass region 44, as shown inFIG. 2 , are
a 3(z)/e −iβz =a 1(cosβo z−i(δ/βo)sinβo z+a 2(κ12/βe)sinβo z (1)
a 4(z)/e −iβz =a 1(κ21/βo)sinβo z+a 2(cosβo z+i(δ/βo)sinβo z (2)
where a1, a2=the field amplitudes are the two input guides 32, 34, κ12=−κ21*=κ, βo=(δ2+κ2)0.5, δ=(β1−β2)/2, β=(β1+β2)/2, β1 and β2 the propagation constants inwaveguide - The coupling coefficient κ is estimated through a mode solver, and the design verification is done through finite-difference time-domain numerical computations. The signals a5, a6 in the through
port 36 and tapport 38 can be found by repeating equations (1) and (2) for the seconddirectional coupler 42, with a3 and a4 replacing a1 and a2 as the inputs. The extinction ratio is defined as |a4|2/|a3|2. With the MEMS perturbation such that δ=31/2 κ, there is zero net crossover of signal from signal bus waveguide to the coupled waveguide. - The calculated signal power, normalized by the input power |a1|2, is shown in
FIG. 3 for various δ/κ ratios. The resulting extinction ratio is also shown inFIG. 4 . - Note that the coupled mode theory formalism predicts zero crosstalk for δ=0 when switching in one designed directional coupler. However, a very low, but finite, crosstalk is expected due to the index perturbation necessary for switching. Design for low crosstalk is, therefore, desirable in the adiabatic separation of the couplers. Scattering losses in the waveguides could also contribute to the crosstalk degradation.
- As an example, a SiNx material system is chosen (refractive index n˜2.2) to form two
signal bus waveguides FIG. 5 with a width xL of approximately 700 nm and a thickness yL of approximately 300 nm for single-mode guidance. The gap separation s between thewaveguides FIGS. 1 and 2 , the perturbation δ is approximately 152×103. This perturbation δ is achievable through MEMS. This is calculated using a mode-solver. The perturbation slab has a thickness, t, of approximately 450 nm and a gap d of approximately 50 nm. A summary of the designed results are also shown inFIG. 5 . - As shown in
FIG. 5 , the coupling coefficient drops exponentially with increasing gap d. More importantly,FIG. 5 shows we can design perturbation δ with magnitude on order of the required 31/2 κ using MEMS perturbation to achieve complete phase mismatch in the directional couplers. Examples of two selected gaps d for the directional coupler are also shown atpoints 51 inFIG. 5 , with d=250 and 300 nm respectively. With these d dimensions, the perturbation δ can be easily designed for sufficient mismatch on the directional couplers. - An in-plane sliding
actuator mechanism 60, as shown inFIG. 6A , can be used to form the necessary perturbation discussed herein. The in-plane sliding actuator 60 includes interdigitated comb-drive “fingers” 62 that are actuated by applying a differential voltage between thefingers 62, shown inFIG. 6A . The electrostatic attractive force is mainly due to the fringing fields. In this comb-drive actuator 60, the capacitance (expressed with first-order accuracy as εA/g, where ε is the permittivity of the medium surrounding the comb-drive fingers 62) is varied through changing the area A linearly, instead of the gap g nonlinearly between two parallel capacitance plates. The elements A and gap g are shown in more detail inFIG. 6A . The result is an actuator force approximately proportional to the square of the applied voltage. Compared to a parallel capacitance plate actuator mechanism, electrostatic comb-drives 62 have better controllability since it is less susceptible to pull-in instability from the positive feedback in parallel capacitance plate designs. Capacitive position sensing could also be performed. A scanning electron micrograph of the comb-drives are shown inFIG. 6B . - The supporting beams 64 can be designed for sufficient stiffness on order of 0.5 N/m, cantilever lengths of order 150 μm, widths of order 5 μm, and thickness of order 0.3 μm, for
order 1 nm displacement resolution of the perturbing dielectric slab. Following this example, the number of comb-drive finger pairs 62 is on order of 50, with a gap of 1 μm between the fingers, and applied voltages between 1 V for a 1 nm displacement and 50V. - During actual device fabrication and operation, the device geometry and perturbation deviates from ideal theoretical design. The sensitivity from imperfect fabrication and operation, caused by: (i) asymmetric MEMS perturbation, (ii) variation in π-phase shift, and (iii) asymmetric directional couplers are described hereinafter. These variations results in a loss in through port signal.
- Asymmetric MEMS perturbation arises when the two dielectric slabs do not arrive at exactly the same time and position.
FIG. 7 illustrates the through port signal (normalized by |a1|2) for various δ/κ ratios. The various lines refer to different magnitudes of asymmetry, such as when the first perturbing slab having δs 31% larger than the second perturbing slab δb. FromFIG. 7 , it is observed that if the two MEMS perturbing slabs are controlled within 0.76 to 1.31 times of each other, we get a 0.5 dB signal loss in the through port. The sensitivity is nonlinear, however; for larger asymmetries, the signal loss is significantly larger. - Secondly, the effects of variations in the π-phase shift is illustrated in
FIG. 8 . The variation arises either from asymmetry in the two waveguides arms causing different phase delays or from different input signal frequencies, since the π-phase shift is geometrically designed for one particular frequency. For a ±20% variation from the ideal π-phase shift, a 0.5 dB hit is predicted; for a ±1.3% variation, a negligible (less than 0.01 dB) hit is predicted. The 1.3% deviation in π-phase shift arises from operation in the C-band (˜1530 to 1570 nm) with the device designed for operation at 1550 nm. - In addition, each directional coupler has a frequency dependence between 1530 to 1570 nm, ranging from 5-10% variation of the coupling κ at 1550 nm. However, even if conversion lengths are designed only for operation at 1550 nm, the two cascaded directional couplers as a whole is broadband. Operating away from 1550 nm, there is incomplete crossover (“leakage”) at the first directional coupler but this leakage is destructively interfered at the output of the second directional coupler.
- Thirdly, the effects of asymmetric couplers are described in
FIG. 9 . For a threshold signal loss of 0.5 dB, for example, the device can tolerate a differential variation between κa and κb of approximately 0.77 to 1.30 times of each other. - Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculations, as shown in
FIGS. 10A-10B , are performed to verify the results from coupled mode theory and the mode solver. The FDTD is performed in 2-dimensions with the effective index determined from a perturbation approach.FIG. 10A shows complete crossover for the designed conversion length of 15.1 μm in the designed directional coupler, with specific dimensions described. When perturbed with δ˜31/2 κ (d=50 nm and t=450 nm), a zero net crossover is observed. This is illustrated inFIG. 10B . This confirms the validity of the device concept and design. - By removing the need to switch inputs of DCM2 to inputs of DCM1 and designing the MEMS dielectric perturbation on the same vertical plane of the waveguides, the device implementation can be reduced to a single-level—with a single lithography step—as described in this invention. This permits reductions in device micro- and nano-fabrication complexity. This also translates to improvements in device yield, reduction in costs and manufacturing completion time.
- The fabrication process flow, showing the top view and side profile of the invention, is illustrated in
FIGS. 11A-11B . For a SiNx material system, the first step is to deposit low-pressure chemical-vapor-deposition nitride 70 on asilicon dioxide layer 74. Note thesilicon dioxide layer 74 is form on asubstrate 72. Note a Si material system having a 200 nm Unibond Silicon-On-Insulator wafer can be used in place of the SiNx material system. The SOI wafer can include a Si top layer, silicon dioxide layer, and substrate. The second step is to define the device geometry with an electron-beam lithography step, as shown inFIG. 1I B. Note aCr layer 76 is deposited on thetop layer 70 the SiNx. This step concurrently defines thedirectional couplers 73, theMEMS dielectric slabs 75, and other structures such as the waveguides, supporting structure, and the electrostatic comb-drives. If electron-beam lithography is not used, a photoresist layer can be used to form the device geometry. The final step is to release the MEMS structure through a bufferedoxide etch 78 that removes theoxide 74 underneath the MEMS structure, as shown inFIG. 11C . This step also removes the cladding underneath the directional couplers. - Although the present invention has been shown and described with respect to several preferred embodiments thereof, various changes, omissions and additions to the form and detail thereof, may be made therein, without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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1. An optical switch comprising:
at least two signal bus waveguides that receive optical signals as input; and
at least two directional couplers that are positioned so that the inputs to said at least two directional couplers are not switched relative to each other.
2. The optical switch of claim 1 further comprising a bypass region that performs finite reconfiguration time operations on output signals received from one of said at least two directional couplers.
3. The optical switch of claim 2 , wherein said bypass region comprises a π-phase shift device in one of the arms of the Mach-Zehnder configuration.
4. The optical switch of claim 1 , wherein one of said at least two directional couplers provides outputs signals to a through port and a tap port.
5. The optical switch of claim 1 , wherein said at least two directional couplers comprises a MEMS perturbation device that is on the same vertical plane as the at least two signal bus waveguides.
6. The method of claim 5 , where said MEMS perturbation device provides strong perturbation with proximity switching, permitting complete phase mismatch of the directional couplers.
7. A method of forming an optical switch comprising:
providing at least two signal bus waveguides that receive optical signals as input; and
positioning at least two directional couplers so that the inputs to said at least two directional couplers are not switched relative to each other.
8. The method of claim 6 further comprises proving a bypass region that performs finite reconfiguration time operations on output signals received from one of said at least two directional couplers.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein said bypass region comprises a π-phase shift device in one of the arms of the Mach-Zehnder configuration.
10. The method of claim 6 , wherein one of said at least two directional couplers provides outputs signals to a through port and a tap port.
11. The method of claim 6 , wherein said at least two directional couplers comprises a MEMS perturbation device that is on the same vertical plane as the at least two signal bus waveguides.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein said MEMS perturbation device provides strong perturbation with proximity switching, permitting complete phase mismatch of the directional couplers.
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