Photonic switching for data center applications

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 834-844

  Chen, L ^a   Hall, E ^b   Theogarajan, L ^a   Bowers, J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Aurrion LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Data center switching; data warehouses; optoelectronic devices; silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

DATA CENTERS; INTERCONNECTION DENSITY; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; PHOTONIC SWITCHING; SILICON PHOTONICS; SWITCHING FABRIC;

OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DATA WAREHOUSES;

EID: 80053471324     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2166994     Document Type: Article

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