High-Throughput Silicon Nanophotonic Deflection Switch for On-Chip Optical Networks

We demonstrate error-free (BER<;10<sup>-12</sup> ) deflection switching of multiple 40 Gbps channels with an ultra-compact (30×10 μm<sup>2</sup> ), low-latency (<; 2 ns), high throughput (over 360 Gbps), and small crosstalk (<; -10 dB) optical switch based on coupled silicon microring resonators.