Title : 
Wavelength-Selective Switches Operating over Space-Division Multiplexing
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Appl. Phys. Dept., Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Wavelength-selective switches (WSS) are indispensable in optical networking, and with the dawning of the age of space-division multiplexed (SDM) transmission, WSS have to be adapted to support SDM fiber links at its I/O ports.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; space division multiplexing; I/O ports; SDM; SDM fiber links; WSS; optical networking; space-division multiplexing; wavelength-selective switches; Mirrors; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Ports (Computers);
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Montreal, QC
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-2766-1
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/SUM.2014.89