Title :
Fiber-port-count in wavelength selective switches for space-division multiplexing
Author :
Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Ryf, R. ; Neilson, David T.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We show that the fiber count of a space-division multiplexed (SDM) wavelength selective switch can match an equivalent single-mode WSS using a mode-remapper at the switch input and a proportional increase in spectral-resolution. Otherwise, the fiber count decreases proportional to the number of modes in the steering dimension.
Keywords :
optical switches; space division multiplexing; SDM; fiber count; fiber-port-count; mode-remapper; single-mode WSS; space-division multiplexing; spectral resolution; steering dimension; wavelength selective switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1476
