Title :
Development of single PLC-chip Waveband Selective Switch that has extra ports for grooming and termination
Author :
Hirako, Ryosuke ; Ishii, Kiyo ; Hasegawa, Hiroshi ; Sato, Ken-Ichi ; Takahashi, Hiroshi ; Okuno, Masayuki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricated 1 × 10 WBSS (WaveBand Selective Switch) integrated on a single PLC chip. The WBSS offers additional waveband drop ports for wavelength path grooming and termination. Experiments confirmed its excellent performance.
Keywords :
optical switches; programmable controllers; single PLC-chip waveband selective switch; waveband drop ports; wavelength path grooming; wavelength path termination; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical switches; Routing;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
