16-channel 100 GHz-spaced Integrated Polarization Diversity Silicon-based Slot-Blocker for High Data Rate Reconfigurable Networks
11 August 2016
We report a fully integrated 16-channel polarization diversity fast slot-blocker with 100 GHz channel spacing. We demonstrate extinction ratio of 20 dB and switching time of ~5 ns allowing add-drop operation of 320 Gbit/s PDM-32QAM signals.
