Opto-VLSI-based N×M wavelength selective switch

Authors

Feng Xiao, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Kamal Alameh, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Journal Article

Keywords

Fiber optics and optical communications, Fiber optics, components

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Faculty

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School

Electron Science Research Institute

RAS ID

16647

Comments

Xiao, F., & Alameh, K. (2013). Opto-VLSI-based N×M wavelength selective switch. Optics Express, 21(15), 18160-18169. Available here

Abstract

In this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel N × M wavelength selective switch (WSS) architecture based on the use of an Opto-VLSI processor. Through a two-stage beamsteering process, wavelength channels from any input optical fiber port can be switched into any output optical fiber port. A proof-of-concept 2 × 3 WSS structure is developed, demonstrating flexible wavelength selective switching with an insertion loss around 15 dB.

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