Title : 
Compact wavelength selective switch based on high-density Bragg reflector waveguide array with 120 output ports
         
        
            Author : 
Xiaodong Gu ; Koyama, Fumio
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Photonics Integration Syst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A wavelength selective switch based on a Bragg reflector waveguide array is proposed with 120 output ports, exhibiting switching to arbitrary ports. The dense waveguide array with giant angular-dispersion enables large-scalability in small footprint.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical arrays; optical switches; optical waveguides; compact wavelength selective switch; dense waveguide array; giant angular-dispersion; high-density Bragg reflector waveguide array; large scalability; output ports; Arrays; Dispersion; Liquid crystal on silicon; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Ports (Computers);
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Francisco, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-5575-2994-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1364/OFC.2014.Th3F.1