Title :
The Photonic Bottleneck
Author :
Hinton, Kerry ; Farrell, Peter M. ; Tucker, Rodney S.
Author_Institution :
Melbourne Univ., Melbourne
Abstract :
By analyzing the basic physics of all-optical processes, we show that all-optical networks will suffer a "photonic bottleneck" due to the fundamental properties of photons.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical communication; packet switching; all optical networks; all optical processes; optical properties; photonic bottleneck; photons; Electrons; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Physics; Signal processing; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348681
