Title :
An optimized non-blocking SOA switch architecture for high performance Tb/s network interconnects
Author :
Aw, E.T. ; Wonfor, A. ; Glick, M. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Cambridge Univ., Cambridge
Abstract :
A practical non-blocking 32times32 SOA based switch architecture is presented which minimises the number of required cascaded stages while also requiring relatively few SOAs. This switch is robust and suitable for 8times10 Gb/s wavelength striped operation.
Keywords :
photonic switching systems; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA switch architecture; network interconnects; optical networks; Backplanes; Degradation; Delay; Network servers; Optical fiber networks; Optical switches; Robustness; Routing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Testing; Optical networks; SOA; switch architecture;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1122-X
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2007.4300721
