Title :
Power consumption and scalability of optically switched interconnects for high-capacity network elements
Author :
Naida Fehratović;SlaviŠa Aleksić
Author_Institution :
Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Broadband Communications Favoritenstrasse 9/388, A-1040 Austria
fDate :
3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Three realizations of optically switched interconnects were analyzed regarding power consumption and scalability and compared with electronic backplane and optical point-to-point options. The results showed that optically switched interconnects provide higher power efficiency.
Keywords :
"Optical switches","Optical interconnections","Optical crosstalk","Repeaters","Optical attenuators","Semiconductor optical amplifiers"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
