[WB1] SDM Networks

[WB1-2] Experimental Demonstration of a SDM Node with Low Power Consumption MC-EDFA and SPOC-Based WSS Arrays

〇Keiichi Matsumoto¹, Kazunori Seno², Takayuki Mizuno², Shigeyuki Yanagimachi¹, Emmanuel Le Taillandier de Gabory¹, Yutaka Miyamoto² (¹NEC Corporaition, Japan, ²NTT Corporation, Japan)

Keywords:Transmission experiments for long haul, core and metro applications including data-center interconnect

We demonstrate experimentally SDM node using low power consumption MC-EDFA and 6×6WXC using WSS arrays. MC-EDFA reduced power consumption by 16.4% and WSS arrays switched signals of all cores, revealing potential high-capacity scalable SDM node.