Title :
Multiple recirculations through Crosspoint switch fabric for recirculating optical buffering
Author :
Geldenhuys, R. ; Chi, N. ; Monroy, I. Tafur ; Koonen, A.M.J. ; Dorren, H.J.S. ; Leuschner, F.W. ; Khoe, G.D. ; Yu, S. ; Wang, Z.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Univ. of Pretoria, South Africa
Abstract :
Multiple recirculations through an optical buffer using a fast-reconfigurable AVC based Crosspoint switch matrix is shown. A 10 Gbit/s payload is used and a small power penalty for each additional recirculation, up to 10 recirculations, is achieved.
Keywords :
buffer storage; optical fibre networks; optical switches; packet switching; photonic switching systems; 10 Gbit/s; crosspoint switch fabric; crosspoint switch matrix; multiple recirculations; optical buffer; reconfigurable AVC;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20052568
