DocumentCode
2850528
Title
Fundamental limits on energy use in optical networks
Author
Kilper, D.C. ; Neilson, D. ; Stiliadis, D. ; Suvakovic, D. ; Goyal, S.
Author_Institution
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
19-23 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
Fundamental energy limits in communication systems are reviewed and applied to a gedanken network model in order to determine the corresponding ideal minimum energy requirements on classical, non-adiabatic, uniform-demand optical networks.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; communication systems; fundamental energy limits; gedanken network model; nonadiabatic optical networks; uniform-demand optical networks; CMOS integrated circuits; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical transmitters; Photonics; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
Torino
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-8534-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621584
Filename
5621584
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