• DocumentCode
    3641460
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875179