Authors:	W. Bogaerts, P. Edinger, A.Y. Takabayashi, I. Zand, X. Chen, H. Sattari, P. Verheyen, M. Jezzini, G. Talli, S. Kumar, M. Garcia-Porcel, A. Ribeiro, G. Jo, N. Quack, K. Gylfason, F. Niklaus, U. Khan
Title:	Building Large-Scale Programmable Photonic Circuits Using Silicon Photonics MEMS
Format:	International Conference Proceedings
Publication date:	7/2020
Journal/Conference/Book:	OSA Advanced Photonics Congress - Photonics in Switching and Computing (invited)
Volume(Issue):	p.PsTh1F.1
Location:	Montreal , Canada
DOI:	10.1364/PSC.2020.PsTh1F.1
Citations:	3 (Dimensions.ai - last update: 24/11/2024) Look up on Google Scholar
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Abstract

Programmable photonic circuits electronically reconfigure the flow of light on a chip. This requires hundreds or thousands of phase shifters and tunable couplers. Silicon photonic MEMS offer both high integration density and low power consumption.

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• H2020: MORPHIC (MEMS-based zerO-power Reconfigurable Photonic ICs)
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