Polarization Insensitive Photonic Integrated 1x4 WDM Wavelength Selective Switch for Optical Networks
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Zali, Aref Rasoulzadeh; Stabile, Ripalta; Calabretta, Nicola
- 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
Sensitivity
Power measurement
Optical switches
Wavelength measurement
Measurement uncertainty
Error-free operations
Optical fiber networks
- Language
We experimentally demonstrate a 1x4 WDM polarization-insensitive wavelength selective switch based on bulk SOAs co-integrated with AWGs. Results show a net gain, broadband, and error-free operation with 0.6 dB power penalty up to 25Gbps NRZ-OOK.