International Conference on Optical Internet

Optically-Amplified Slow Light Buffers for High-Capacity Optical Routers

R.S. Tucker

Published Jul 1, 2006• 1 citation

Abstract

We review the power dissipation and scaling properties of a number of different realizations of optically-amplified slow light optical buffers. Based on a new analysis of slow light buffering, we show the conditions under which optical buffers may offer advantages over CMOS DRAM buffers in high-capacity optical routers.

DOI: 10.1109/coinngncon.2006.4454482

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