Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Ultrafast optical circuit switching for data centers using integrated soliton microcombs

  • Arslan Sajid Raja,
  • Sophie Lange,
  • Maxim Karpov,
  • Kai Shi,
  • Xin Fu,
  • Raphael Behrendt,
  • Daniel Cletheroe,
  • Anton Lukashchuk,
  • Istvan Haller,
  • Fotini Karinou,
  • Benn Thomsen,
  • Krzysztof Jozwik,
  • Junqiu Liu,
  • Paolo Costa,
  • Tobias Jan Kippenberg,
  • Hitesh Ballani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25841-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Optical technologies could enable fast and power-efficient networks for data centers. Here, the authors report Si3N4 microcomb based ultrafast photonic switching to provide enhanced performance for data center applications.