Scalability Assessment of O-band SOA-based Broadcast and Select Switch with 100 Gb/s LWDM Commercial Transceivers

Abstract

Scalability and operation of O-band SOA-based Broadcast & Select switches are experimentally assessed using 100 Gb/s commercial transceivers. Results show error-free operation for a 32-port switch with < 1.8 dB power penalty and 10−8for a 64-port switch.