DocumentCode
3382998
Title
In Search of the Elusive All-Optical Packet Buffer
Author
Tucker, Rodney S. ; Mughal, Soban Sajid ; Hinton, Kerry
Author_Institution
Melbourne Univ., Melbourne
fYear
2007
fDate
19-22 Aug. 2007
Firstpage
3
Lastpage
4
Abstract
We provide an overview of potential technologies for all-optical buffering in optical packet switches. We describe the properties of some buffer architectures and describe the limitations of all-optical delay line buffers.
Keywords
optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical switches; packet switching; all-optical delay line buffers; all-optical packet buffering; buffer architectures; optical packet switches; Buffer storage; Delay effects; Delay lines; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Slow light; Optical buffers; Optical packet switching; Slow light;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-4244-1121-1
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-1122-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PS.2007.4300715
Filename
4300715
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