Single Multicore-Fiber Bidirectional Spatial Channel Network Based on Spatial Cross-Connect and Multicore EDFA Efficiently Accommodating Asymmetric Traffic
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Nakada, Kyosuke; Takeshita, Hitoshi; Kuno, Yuki; Matsuno, Yusuke; Urashima, Itsuki; Shimomura, Yusuke; Hotta, Yuji; Sasaki, Tsubasa; Uchida, Yudai; Hosokawa, Kohei; Otowa, Ryohei; Tahara, Rika; Taillandier de Gabory, Emmanuel Le; Sakurai, Yasuki; Sugizaki, Ryuichi; Jinno, Masahiko
- Source
- 2023 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC) Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2023. :1-3 Mar, 2023
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Photonics and Electrooptics
Optical fibers
Isolators
Multicore processing
Optical switches
Bandwidth
Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers
Optical fiber networks
- Language
A single multicore-fiber bidirectional spatial channel network that efficiently accommodates asymmetric traffic is proposed and demonstrated using a core-selective-switch-based spatial cross-connect with an M×N wavelength-selective switch and a bidirectional multicore EDFA with reversible optical isolators.