A wavelength selective switch for optical add/drop multiplexing of sub-bands within Nyquist WDM super-channels
conference contribution
posted on 2024-10-31, 18:50authored byBill Corcoran, Chen Zhu, Jochen Schroeder, Leimeng Zhuang, Benjamin Foo, Marizio Burla, Willem Beeker, Arne Lense, Chris Roeloffzen, Arthur Lowery
By retrofitting a commercially available WSS with an external photonic integrated circuit module, we demonstrate switching of 12-GHz sub-bands from a Nyquist WDM super-channel. This allows wavelength provisioning in spectrally efficient systems with only a 4% guard-band.