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
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