Title :
Demonstration of a wavelength selective switch using an LCOS and a stacked arrayed waveguide grating
Author :
Sorimoto, OKeisuke ; Tsuda, Hiroyuki ; Ishikawa, Hiroshi ; Hasama, Toshifumi ; Kawashima, Hitoshi ; Kintaka, Kenji ; Mori, Masahiko ; Uetsuka, Hisato
Author_Institution :
Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We successfully fabricated a stacked AWG with an accuracy of 0.3% and demonstrated an LCOS-based wavelength selective switch with it. Flat-top spectral response with a crosstalk of less than-31 dB was obtained.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; integrated optics; liquid crystals; optical communication equipment; optical switches; optical waveguides; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; LCOS; Si; flat top spectral response; liquid crystal-on-silicon; stacked arrayed waveguide grating; wavelength selective switch; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Liquid crystal on silicon; Quadratic programming; Switches; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
