Title :
A wavelength selective switch for optical add/drop multiplexing of sub-bands within Nyquist WDM super-channels
Author :
Bill Corcoran;Chen Zhu;Jochen Schröder;Leimeng Zhuang;Benjamin Foo;Marizio Burla;Willem P. Beeker;Arne Leinse;Chris G.H. Roeloffzen;Arthur J. Lowery
Author_Institution :
Monash Electro-Photonics Laboratory, Dept. Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Abstract :
By retrofitting a commercially available WSS with an external photonic integrated circuit module, we demonstrate switching of 12-GHz sub-bands from a Nyquist WDM super-channel. This allows wavelength provisioning in spectrally efficient systems with only a 4% guard-band.
Keywords :
"Optical filters","Optical noise","Optical crosstalk","Signal to noise ratio","Wavelength division multiplexing","Optical switches","Optical interferometry"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341951
