7×7 DMD-based diffractive fiber switch at 1550 nm

A. Miles; B. Lynn; P. A. Blanche; J. Wissinger; D. Carothers; L. Lacomb; R. A. Norwood; N. Peyghambarian

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2014.07.073

7×7 DMD-based diffractive fiber switch at 1550 nm

A. Miles, B. Lynn, P. A. Blanche, J. Wissinger, D. Carothers, L. Lacomb, R. A. Norwood, N. Peyghambarian

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Abstract

We have implemented and tested a free-space diffraction-based non-blocking 7×7 switch built primarily using off-the-shelf components and a commercially available digital micro-mirror device (DMD). This DMD is capable of switching 100 times faster than currently available technologies. The switch is protocol and bit-rate agnostic, robust against random mirror failure, and provides the basic building block for a fully reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer (ROADM). Our design offers the potential to address the growing need for high speed scalable circuit switching for data centers and optical networks.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	41-45
Number of pages	5
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	334
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2014.07.073
State	Published - Jan 1 2015

Keywords

Digital micromirror device (DMD)
Free-space optical switch
Optical cross connect
Reconfigurable hologram
Reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexing (ROADM)
Spatial light modulator (SLM)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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