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Design and Physical Constraints of Synthetic-Frequency Photonic Switching Fabrics
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Electro-optic frequency conversion and synthetic-frequency coupling are established functions in integrated photonic devices. Their role within a multiport switching fabric, however, depends on how simultaneous optical connections share spatial paths, frequency channels, and device controls. Here, we investigate how coherent coupling among frequency modes can be incorporated into photonic switching fabrics and identify the corresponding architectural and physical constraints. We show that synthetic-frequency coupling does not increase the number of simultaneous orthogonal frequency channels when all channels are freely accessible, but can establish connections that are otherwise blocked by fixed input frequencies, channel-continuity requirements, or unavailable output channels. Under the tested conditions, coupling over the first three frequency spacings in an $8\times8$ fabric with eight frequency channels per port achieves 96.1% of the blocking reduction obtained with unrestricted inter-mode coupling. We further show that a separate frequency-only conversion stage cannot replace missing spatial connectivity. A nominal reduction in spatial switching elements instead requires a joint element whose spatial state can be programmed independently for each frequency channel. Finally, we evaluate a thin-film lithium niobate resonator model using reported electro-optic coupling and photon-decay scales within a multistage Mach-Zehnder interferometer switching fabric. These results clarify the architectural role of synthetic-frequency coupling and the device-level requirements for incorporating it into integrated photonic switching fabrics.
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