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
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