A comparison of optical buffering technologies

We describe the practical and fundamental limitations of the more prominent optical buffering approaches. The architectural implementation and needs of an optical packet switch are used as a foundation for the study. We also present initial results for a buffered, all-optical, 40 Gb/s packet switch. c 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: OSN
• Authors: E. F. Burmeister, D. J. Blumenthal, J. E. Bowers
• Keywords: Optical Packet Switch, OSN 2006, OSN 2008, Packet Switch, Prominent Optical Buffering