• DocumentCode
    3431205
  • Title

    Order of Magnitude Estimates of Size and Power for All-Optical Switches

  • Author

    Hinton, Kerry ; Tucker, Rodney S. ; Farrell, Peter M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    24-27 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    An "order of magnitude" estimate for the (power)x(length)2 of several all-optical switching technologies is presented. We show that all-optical technologies will require significantly more power and/or space than current CMOS switching technologies.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical switches; CMOS switching; all-optical switching; all-optical technologies; CMOS technology; Fiber nonlinear optics; Lighting control; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Repeaters; Space technology; Switches; Telecommunication switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-9775657-3-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-0-9775657-3-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519120
  • Filename
    4519120
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3431205