• DocumentCode
    635707
  • Title

    Photonics in high-capacity routers

  • Author

    Simsarian, Jesse E. ; Bernasconi, Pietro ; Gripp, J. ; McLellan, Rae ; Neilson, David T.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    11-14 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The large quantity of data traffic within a high-capacity router shelf and between chassis in multi-chassis routers is causing a wider use of optics in routers.
  • Keywords
    arrayed waveguide gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; optical interconnections; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; arrayed waveguide gratings; data traffic; high-capacity router photonics; high-capacity router shelf; multichassis router; optical interconnection; optical switch; wavelength division multiplexing; Crosstalk; Optical buffering; Optical crosstalk; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Ports (Computers); Backplanes; Optical packet switching; Routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Ajaccio
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6608259