… fully from scratch about optical/photonic switching. A lot of … in switching-device technologies
and in optical switching systems and networks. The very role envisioned for optical switching …

… promising optical switching techniques that provide different switching granularities, ranging
from switching entire fibers to switching individual packets on each wavelength channel. …

… Before presenting the details of the optical switching technologies available today, we …
evaluating an optical switch [1]. The most important parameter of a switch is the switching time. …

… in future optical transport networks, where restoration and provisioning in the optical layer
will … and performance of free-space micromachined optical switches (FS-MOS) featuring free-…

… -optical switches realize optical switching functions by using electro-optic effects, which offer
relatively faster switch… for optical switches is based on the location of optical switches in the …

… istics, operator requirements, and network technology trends suggests a move away from …
, a novel Optical Switching Architecture for DCNs. Leveraging runtime reconfigurable optical de…

… of fiber optic failures have … -optic network that includes the optical switch, which is the most
crucial component due to its critical role in fulfilling the demands of the fiber-optic network of …

… -scale integration optical devices) before the introduction of optical switching in commercial
… all-optical switching network interconnecting top-of-the-rack switches. The multidimensional …

… In this paper, the state of the art of optical switching fabrics is reviewed, … new all-optical
switching network architectures for … envisaging new all-optical switching network architectures for …

… optical switching paradigm called labeled optical burst switching with home circuit (LOBS-HC),
to provide all-optical interconnection among pods, and support optical switching of either …