A 16X16 Ti: LiNbO sub 3 Dilated Benes Photonic Switch Module
04 March 1991
We report the design, fabrication, and characterization of a low voltage, low crosstalk 16X16 dilated Benes photonic switch array. An average switching voltage of 12.4 +/- 0.7 volts has been measured on one device half, with all crosspoint extinction ratios better than -15dB. The measured total insertion loss for the packaged switch array is -13.4dB.