ROADM Architectures and Their Enabling WSS Technology

The relationship is explored between reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers, fast becoming the standard nodal subsystem for providing flexibility in modern multichannel fiber optic networks, and wavelength selective switches, the predominant technology used to implement ROADMs.

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