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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.M3E.3
