• 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