Title :
All-optical token technique for contention resolution in AWGR-based optical interconnects
Author :
Proietti, Roberto ; Yu, Runxiang ; Yin, Yawei ; Nitta, Christopher ; Yao, Yuhan ; Akella, Venkatesh ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper shows an optical technique for contention resolution in AWGR-based optical interconnects. The technique exploits the saturation effect in SOAs and a polarization-diversity scheme to implement a fully-distributed optical control plane.
Keywords :
optical interconnections; optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; AWGR based optical interconnects; SOA; all optical token technique; contention resolution; fully distributed optical control plane; polarization diversity; saturation effect; Computer architecture; Optical interconnections; Optical polarization; Optical saturation; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
