Title :
40 Gb/s 8×8 low-latency optical switch for data centers
Author :
Proietti, Roberto ; Ye, Xiaohui ; Yin, Yawei ; Potter, Andrew ; Yu, Runxiang ; Kurumida, Junya ; Akella, Venkatesh ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper reports on a 40 Gb/s 8×8 optical switch for data centers. Experiments demonstrate error-free operation with 118.2 ns switching latency in contention-less architecture. Simulations show 150 ns latency for consolidated architectures.
Keywords :
computer centres; optical switches; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; contention-less architecture; data centers; error-free operation; low-latency optical switch; Adaptive optics; Clocks; Optical buffering; Optical interconnections; Optical interferometry; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
