Title :
Ultra-high port count wavelength selective switch employing waveguide-based I/O frontend
Author :
Suzuki, Kenya ; Ikuma, Yuichiro ; Hashimoto, Etsu ; Yamaguchi, Keita ; Itoh, Mikitaka ; Takahashi, Tetsuo
Author_Institution :
NTT Device Innovation Center, NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We propose an ultra-high port count wavelength selective switch employing a waveguide-based input/output frontend that scales the port count to the order of hundreds. We demonstrate a 1 × 95 WSS and confirm its feasibility.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical planar waveguides; optical switches; waveguide-based input/output frontend; wavelength selective switch; Liquid crystal on silicon; Micromechanical devices; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Ports (Computers);
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
