Title :
How to Build a Petabit-per-Second Optical Router
Author :
Tucker, Rodney S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Vic.
Abstract :
In this paper we investigate the scaling properties of optical packet switches and compare optical buffers and high-speed optical cross connects with electronic buffers and high-speed electronic cross connects. The basis of our comparison is the power dissipation and physical size of optical components with the projected power dissipation and size of electronic components
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; electronic buffers; high-speed electronic cross connects; high-speed optical cross connects; optical buffers; optical component size; optical packet switches; petabit-per-second optical router; power dissipation; scaling properties; Delay lines; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical losses; Optical packet switching; Optical waveguides; Power dissipation; Slow light; Stimulated emission; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279227
