DocumentCode
1793387
Title
OPTOPUS: Optical backplane for data center switches
Author
Tan, Min ; Rosenberg, Paul ; Panotopoulos, Georgios ; McLaren, Moray ; Sorin, Wayne ; Mathai, Sagi ; Kiyama, Lennie ; Straznicky, Joseph ; Warren, David
Author_Institution
Hewlett Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
9-13 March 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
An all optically connected data center switch with a Multi-Bus Optical Backplane is demonstrated. The broadcast bus is based on a multimode zig-zag star coupler capable of 1:6 optical broadcast on 12 multi-mode GI fiber channels.
Keywords
broadcast communication; computer centres; optical switches; telecommunication channels; 12 multimode GI fiber channels; OPTOPUS; broadcast bus; data center switches; multibus optical backplane; multimode zig-zag star coupler; optical backplane; optical broadcast; optically connected data center; Backplanes; High-speed optical techniques; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Optical switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-5575-2994-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1364/OFC.2014.M3E.3
Filename
6886599
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