Title :
Optical Buffering and Switching for Optical Packet Switching
Author :
Bowers, J. ; Burmeister, E. ; Blumenthal, D.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
Abstract :
We describe the design and initial results of an all-optical buffered 40 Gb/s packet switch. Dynamic packet forwarding is illustrated and specific attention is directed to buffering. We assess the challenges in meeting the requirements for optical buffering devices. Slow light and delay line buffering approaches are described and several recent results and issues are summarized.
Keywords :
optical switches; packet switching; delay line buffering; dynamic packet forwarding; optical buffering; optical packet switching; slow light buffering; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Buffer storage; Optical arrays; Optical buffering; Optical computing; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Payloads; buffering; optical packet switch;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2006. PS '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Heraklion, Crete
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7803-9790-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7803-9790-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2006.4350183
