A gain-integrated silicon photonic carrier with SOA-array for scalable optical switch fabrics

We built a 4-channel photonic carrier with input/output SiN waveguides and a flip-chip-attached SOA array, incorporating end-to-end reflection-management and mode-matching. All channels demonstrate fiber-to-fiber gain of >10dB and support error-free 4-λ × 25-Gb/s WDM links.

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