Abstract
We propose a calibration method for N×N Si-wire path-independent-insertion-loss (PILOSS) optical switches with thermo-optic Mach-Zehnder-interferometer (MZI) element switches. Calibration for a 32x32 switch is numerically demonstrated with an error less than 1% within an hour.
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