• DocumentCode
    1942440
  • Title

    Fiber-port-count in wavelength selective switches for space-division multiplexing

  • Author

    Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Ryf, R. ; Neilson, David T.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    22-26 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We show that the fiber count of a space-division multiplexed (SDM) wavelength selective switch can match an equivalent single-mode WSS using a mode-remapper at the switch input and a proportional increase in spectral-resolution. Otherwise, the fiber count decreases proportional to the number of modes in the steering dimension.
  • Keywords
    optical switches; space division multiplexing; SDM; fiber count; fiber-port-count; mode-remapper; single-mode WSS; space-division multiplexing; spectral resolution; steering dimension; wavelength selective switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-759-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2013.1476
  • Filename
    6647669
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1942440