• DocumentCode
    2301296
  • Title

    Flexible-bandwidth and format-agile networking based on optical arbitrary waveform generation and wavelength selective switches

  • Author

    He, Tingting ; Fontaine, N.K. ; Scott, R.P. ; Geisler, D.J. ; Paraschis, L. ; Gerstel, O. ; Heritage, J.P. ; Yoo, S.J.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    96
  • Lastpage
    97
  • Abstract
    This paper experimentally demonstrates flexible-bandwidth networking by splitting a 500-GHz waveform generated by optical arbitrary waveform generation into its two tributary spectral slices using a liquid-crystal spatial light phase modulator as a wavelength selective switch.
  • Keywords
    liquid crystals; optical communication; optical switches; phase modulation; spatial light modulators; flexible-bandwidth networking; format-agile networking; frequency 500 GHz; liquid-crystal spatial light phase modulator; optical arbitrary waveform generation; wavelength selective switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • ISSN
    -
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5368-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    -
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698775
  • Filename
    5698775