L. Yi, Weisheng Hu, Hao He, Yi Dong, Yaohui Jin, S. Xiao, Weiqiang Sun, W. Guo
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Abstract
We design and demonstrate a cost-effective 2 times 2 polarization-independent ultra-fast optical switch, which is constructed by a phase modulator based Sagnac interferometer and can support multicasting operation. The measured switching time is ~0.6 ns.