Reconfigurable lattice mesh designs for programmable photonic processors

[EN] We propose and analyse two novel mesh design geometries for the implementation of tunable optical cores in programmable photonic processors. These geometries are the hexagonal and the triangular lattice. They are compared here to a previously proposed square mesh topology in terms of a series o...

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Autores: Pérez-López, Daniel, Soref, Richard A., Gasulla Mestre, Ivana|||0000-0001-8088-7796, Capmany Francoy, José|||0000-0002-6460-4167
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/84801
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/84801
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Integrated optics devices (130.3120)
Optoelectronics(130.0250)
Fiber optics links and subsystems (060.2360)
Radio frequency photonics (060.5625)
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Sumario:[EN] We propose and analyse two novel mesh design geometries for the implementation of tunable optical cores in programmable photonic processors. These geometries are the hexagonal and the triangular lattice. They are compared here to a previously proposed square mesh topology in terms of a series of figures of merit that account for metrics that are relevant to on-chip integration of the mesh. We find that that the hexagonal mesh is the most suitable option of the three considered for the implementation of the reconfigurable optical core in the programmable processor.