Optical networks are supporting a wide range of communication services including
residential services, enterprise services, and mobile services. Figure 1 illustrates a typical …

The Liquid-Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) spatial light modulator (SLM) has been used in
wavelength selective switch (WSS) systems since the 1990s. However, most of the LCoS …

A highly flexible, stacked, switch module is proposed, wherein multiple independent 1× N
wavelength selective switches (WSSs) can be realized on a single 4k liquid crystal on silicon …

With the rapid growth of Internet traffic, there can be multiple pairs of bi-directional fibers on
a network link. This leads to the need for high-degree reconfigurable optical add/drop …

To address the new requirements on optical networks imposed by the upcoming fifth-
generation wireless (5G), such as high bandwidth, low latency, accurate synchronization …

In this work, we assess the impact of several physical layer impairments (PLIs) on the
performance of optical networks based on colorless, directionless and contentionless …

Optical shuffle-exchange networks (SENs) have wide application in different kinds of
interconnection networks. This article proposes an approach to construct modular optical …

We design a new Colorless, partially Directional, and Contentionless (CpDC) architecture
for high-degree ROADMs, in which a fixed interconnection pattern is developed to connect …

5G and its evolution towards 6G is unlocking new use cases that will require the
reconsideration of the existing network architectures and its operation. As the network will be …

A first configuration of an optical node may include a set of degrees, each including an
inbound wavelength selective switch (WSS) and an outbound WSS. The first configuration …