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Abstract: In this paper we analyze the time varying optical vortex phenomena in the gain photonic crystals built on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer by using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. With launching the optical waves in 1.55μm wavelength to the SOI rib waveguide, optical vortices are generated and the spinning details are observed at various time steps. The analysis results are helpful to understand the progress of optical vortices which may be utilized for the development of future nonlinear optical switches. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: In this paper a 32×32 optical wavelength switching network using the multi-channel and multi-wavelength spectrum-sliced light source is presented where the 2×2 optical-switching elements are utilized in dilated Benes and modified dilated Benes configurations, respectively. The system performances in bit-error rate, especially for the effects of intraband crosstalk, are analyzed in details for the two type networks. Through the simulation studies, the dilated Benes shows better performances than the modified dilated Benes configuration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]