Switching and multiplexing technologies for mode-division multiplexed networks
01 June 2017
¢ Mode-multiplexing over multimode fibers has the potential to scale WDM networks by a factor of 10 or more ⢠Multimode components like wavelength selective switches and optical amplifiers can scale to large number of modes ⢠Wavelength selective switches, which are the basic building block for WDM network can be extended to support multimode fibers ⢠Spatial-diversity multimode WSSs can provide performance comparable to single-mode devices ⢠The WSS switching capacity can be dramatically increased by using "interleaved Joint switching" ⢠Free space multimode WSSs offer a simple optical design with increased switching capacity