Jean-Francois Vinchant

Device integration on indium phosphide for photonic switching applications

The development of broadband telecommunication networks has led to a growing interest in photonic devices so that monolithic integration on InP material has been intensively studied to get miniaturization, high complexity, advanced functions and consequently cost reduction. We illustrate in this paper the continuous progress that has been done to make technology mature enough for integration through the fabrication of two types of Photonic Integrated Circuits: a 4 X 4 switch matrix and a multifunctional access node switch.