Title :
Spatial and planar optical circuit for wavelength selective switch applications
Author :
Yuichiro Ikuma;Kenya Suzuki
Author_Institution :
NTT Device Innovation Center, NTT Corporation, Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We describe a spatial and planar optical circuit (SPOC) platform, on which a waveguide-based optical frontend is incorporated with free-space optics (FSO), and its applications. A SPOC can increase the number of ports and enhance the functionality of wavelength selective switches (WSSs). We describe an ultra-high port count 1 × 95 WSS and an 8 × 24 transponder aggregator (TPA) based on the SPOC.
Keywords :
"Optical switches","Arrayed waveguide gratings","Transponders","Optical losses","Optical fibers"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2015 International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2015.7329047
