Abstract
We demonstrate a 16×16 silicon optical switch consisting of 56 thermo-optic MZI switches in a Benes architecture. The chip size is 7×3.6 mm2. The on-chip insertion loss is <5 dB and the crosstalk is <−20 dB.
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