Title :
Order of Magnitude Estimates of Size and Power for All-Optical Switches
Author :
Hinton, Kerry ; Tucker, Rodney S. ; Farrell, Peter M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
Abstract :
An "order of magnitude" estimate for the (power)x(length)2 of several all-optical switching technologies is presented. We show that all-optical technologies will require significantly more power and/or space than current CMOS switching technologies.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical switches; CMOS switching; all-optical switching; all-optical technologies; CMOS technology; Fiber nonlinear optics; Lighting control; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Repeaters; Space technology; Switches; Telecommunication switching;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-3-3
DOI :
10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519120
