Demonstration of an SDN-enabled VCSEL-based Photonic System for Spectral/Spatial Connectivity in Disaggregated Optical Metro Networks

This demo showcases an SDN control platform configuring VCSEL-based photonic transceiver and white-box nodes for end-to-end programmability in disaggregated optical metro networks also including the spatial dimension with a polymer switch and 25km 19-core MCF.

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