This paper reviews advanced optical burst switching (OBS) and optical packet switching
(OPS) technologies and discusses their roles in the future photonic Internet. Discussions …

Diode Lasers and Photonic Integrated Circuits, Second Edition provides a comprehensive
treatment of optical communication technology, its principles and theory, treating students as …

This paper reviews the energy efficiency of optical-packet-switching (OPS) systems in
comparison with electronic packet switching and hybrid packet switching in the context of …

This paper presents views on the future of optical networking. A historical look at the
emergence of optical networking is first taken, followed by a discussion on the drivers …

This paper examines the role of optical and electronic technologies in future high-capacity
routers. In particular, optical and electronic technologies for use in the key router functions of …

Internet routers require buffers to hold packets during times of congestion. The buffers need
to be fast, and so ideally they should be small enough to use fast memory technologies such …

Internet routers require buffers to hold packets during times of congestion. The buffers need
to be fast, and so ideally they should be small enough to use fast memory technologies such …

In this paper, we demonstrate single-channel operation of the first InP monolithic tunable
optical router (MOTOR) chip designed to function as the packet forwarding engine of an all …

As the demand for bandwidth increases, the communications industry is faced with a
paradigm shift. Photonic integration is a key technology that will facilitate this shift. Monolithic …

We compare the energy consumption of digital optical and digital electronic signal
processing circuits, including the contributions to energy consumption of the optical to …