Mode-selective switch for ROADM using volume holograms and spatial light modulator

Hotaka Hayashi; Atsushi Okamoto; Tomohiro Maeda; Taijun Shiba; Kazuhisa Ogawa; Akihisa Tomita; Taketoshi Takahata; Satoshi Shinada; Yuta Goto; Naoya Wada

doi:10.1117/12.2544685

31 January 2020 Mode-selective switch for ROADM using volume holograms and spatial light modulator

Hotaka Hayashi, Atsushi Okamoto, Tomohiro Maeda, Taijun Shiba, Kazuhisa Ogawa, Akihisa Tomita, Taketoshi Takahata, Satoshi Shinada, Yuta Goto, Naoya Wada

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Proceedings Volume 11309, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems IX; 1130908 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2544685
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2020, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this research, we propose a mode selective switch (MSS) using volume holograms. MSS is a device that distributes the mode-division multiplexed (MDM) signal to different output ports for each spatial mode component contained in the signal. Using MSS, the function of reconfigurable optical add / drop multiplexer (ROADM) can be implemented, which can manipulate arbitrary spatial mode signal at any position in the next generation MDM network. In our proposed MSS, the incident signal is separated into spatial mode components by the volume hologram on the input side. The signal destination will be selected for each mode by diffracting independently. The spatial mode components are separated in direction of the plurality of volume holograms on the output side using a spatial light modulator (SLM). In the volume hologram on the output side, the multiple spatial mode components are recombined and emitted once again as an MDM signal. This method has the advantageous that one volume hologram can multiplex or de-multiplex multiple modes, allowing it to cope easily with the increase in the number of modes and ports to be multiplexed. In the experiment, the optical signal lights of three-mode are separated for each spatial mode by the volume hologram on the input side, and the switching to either of the two ports on the output side is successfully performed for each mode using the SLM.

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Hotaka Hayashi, Atsushi Okamoto, Tomohiro Maeda, Taijun Shiba, Kazuhisa Ogawa, Akihisa Tomita, Taketoshi Takahata, Satoshi Shinada, Yuta Goto, and Naoya Wada "Mode-selective switch for ROADM using volume holograms and spatial light modulator", Proc. SPIE 11309, Next-Generation Optical Communication: Components, Sub-Systems, and Systems IX, 1130908 (31 January 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2544685

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