• DocumentCode
    712593
  • Title

    6 port 3×3 wavelength selective cross-connect by software-only reprogramming of a 1×N wavelength selective switch

  • Author

    Schroder, Jochen ; Carpenter, Joel ; Frisken, Steve ; Roelens, Michael ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., RMIT Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a wavelength selective cross-connect that can route any wavelength of any of the inputs to any output. The device is created by simple reprogramming a conventional 1×N wavelength selective switch, without hardware changes.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical interconnections; optical switches; telecommunication network routing; software-only reprogramming; wavelength routing; wavelength selective cross-connect; wavelength selective switch; Insertion loss; Liquid crystal on silicon; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Ports (Computers);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7121956