DocumentCode
3592608
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
fYear
2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
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);
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Type
conf
Filename
7121841
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