Abstract
A multi-functional 1 × 9 wavelength selective switch based on liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS)
spatial light modulator technology and anamorphic optics was tested at a channel spacing of 100 and 200 GHz,
including dynamic data measurements on both single beam deflection and multi-casting to two ports. The multi-casting
holograms were optimized using a modified Gerchberg–Saxton routine to design the core hologram, followed by a
simulated annealing routine to reduce crosstalk at non-switched ports. The effect of clamping the magnitude of phase
changes between neighboring pixels during optimization was investigated, with experimental results for multi-casting
to two ports resulting in a signal insertion loss of −7.6 dB normalized to single port deflection, a
uniformity of ±0.6%, and a worst case crosstalk of −19.4 dB, which can all be improved
further by using a better anti-reflection coating on the LCOS SLM coverplate and other measures.
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