Route-and-Select Type Wavelength Cross Connect for Core-Shuffling of 7-Core MCFs with Spatial and Planar Optical Circuit
Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Proceedings: ECOC 2016
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Yamaguchi, Keita; Nakajima, Mitsumasa; Seno, Kazunori; Itoh, Mikitaka; Hashimoto, Toshikazu (NTT Device Technology Laboratories, NTT Corporation. 3-1 Morinosato Wakanomiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243–0198, Japan)
Ikuma, Yuichiro; Moriwaki, Osamu (NTT Device Innovation Center, NTT Corporation. 3-1 Morinosato Wakanomiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243–0198, Japan)
Suzuki, Kenya (NTT Device Technology Laboratories, NTT Corporation. 3-1 Morinosato Wakanomiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa, 243–0198, Japan & NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, NTT Corporation. 1-1 Hikari-no-oka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 239-0847 Japan)
Fukutoku, Mitsunori; Miyamoto, Yutaka (NTT Network Innovation Laboratories, NTT Corporation. 1-1 Hikari-no-oka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 239–0847 Japan)
Abstract:
We demonstrated a route-and-select type 7x7 core-shuffle wavelength cross connect switch based on a spatial and planar optical circuit. The spatial beam transformer enables us to integrate 14-in-1 wavelength selective switches (WSSs) in the same optics system as the conventional 1xN WSS.