Wavelength Selective Switches (WSS)
Microlens Arrays for Precise Wavelength Selection, Low-Loss Routing, and Scalable DWDM Networks
Wavelength Selective Switches (WSS) are core components of modern DWDM and ROADM networks, as they enable flexible routing, blocking, or attenuation of individual wavelengths without electrical signal conversion. They facilitate dynamic wavelength routing, improve bandwidth efficiency, and significantly enhance the scalability and adaptability of optical networks.
Advanced WSS technologies such as MEMS- and LCoS-based switches offer high port counts, low insertion loss, and minimal channel crosstalk, making them key enablers for high-performance fiber-optic networks, 5G backbones, and cloud infrastructures.
Optical Requirements for Wavelength Selective Switches
WSS systems impose stringent optical requirements, as only precise spectral filtering, low-loss beam handling, thermal stability, and high port densities can ensure energy-efficient, spectrally accurate, and long-term reliable high-speed transmission with stable switching performance.
High-precision optical components are required to ensure spectral accuracy, energy efficiency, and stable switching behavior.
Precise beam shaping is necessary to accurately separate closely spaced DWDM channels.
Low-loss beam propagation is essential to maintain high bandwidth and a strong link budget.
High port densities require compact micro-optics capable of supporting numerous channels within minimal footprint.
OUR SOLUTION
Custom Microlens Arrays for WSS Systems
INGENERIC microlens arrays enable precise, low-loss optical coupling between light sources, detectors, waveguides, and fibers. They support high-speed transmission links and contribute to energy-efficient, scalable communication solutions in modern data centers and data networks. Our optical designs are developed application-specifically and tailored to your technical requirements, ensuring optimal alignment of optical performance, efficiency, and system integration.
High wavelength accuracy achieved through precise beam shaping for exact channel routing.
Low-loss optical coupling to maximize the link budget and support high DWDM data rates.
Compact micro-optics for high port densities, ideal for modular ROADM and mesh architectures.
Sub-µm accuracy and reproducible mass production for stable switching performance during continuous operation.
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