Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd.

Lihong Tang

Liu Yang

Rui Yang

Zhilin Yuan

Jinping Guo

Yuhong Ma

Lidan Song

Fan Wang

Liping Sun

Meng Wang

Chang'an Li

Dingkang Chen

A wavelength selective switch includes an attenuation liquid crystal cell array and a switching liquid crystal cell array, the attenuation liquid crystal cell array is configured to select a region where a light is incident on the switching liquid crystal cell array; the switching liquid crystal cell array includes a first ECB liquid crystal cell array, which is divided into a plurality of pixel units, a phase of each pixel unit is adjusted by setting different voltages so that a phase pattern formed by the pixel units exhibits a lens property, and the light passing through the switching liquid crystal cell array is deflected by changing a center of the lens formed by the phase pattern, so as to select an outgoing port.

Wavelength selective switch

The present disclosure relates to wavelength selective switches. In one embodiment, a wavelength selective switch may include a liquid crystal (LC)-based attenuation switching device that has an LC switching module to switch an incident beam to one of a plurality of output paths. The LC switching module may include one or more LC switching cells. The LC-based attenuation switching device further includes a mirror to reflect the beam from the LC switching module so as to output the beam through a corresponding output port, and a temperature compensation module provided on a side of the mirror opposite to the LC switching module. The temperature compensation module may be configured to alter curvature of the mirror as temperature changes so as to compensate for deformation of the LC switching cells due to the temperature change.

A method for compensating for a wavelength shift in a wavelength selective switch (WSS), and a device therefor. The device comprises a fixed seat () as well as a rotation beam () and a compensation block () that have different thermal expansion amounts, the rotation beam () and the compensation block () being fixedly adhered to the fixed seat (). In the method, a combined structure of the rotation beam () and the compensation block () with different thermal expansion amounts is adopted; the combined structure rotates by means of different expansion amounts generated by the rotation beam () and the compensation block () at the same external temperature, and further drives an optical element of the WSS to rotate, hence compensating for a wavelength shift of the WSS. The method is safe and reliable; the device has a simple structure, and is convenient to encapsulate, is applicable to various WSS optical paths, and does not affect advantages of the optical path structure of the WSS.

Method for compensating for wavelength shift in wavelength selective switch, and device therefor

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