The future of Internet depends on meeting ever-increasing capacity needs while curbing the
energy consumption's uncontrolled growth in data networks, especially in switching. Optics …

This paper presents the Time Shared Optical Network (TSON) as metro mesh network
architecture for guaranteed, statistically-multiplexed services. TSON proposes a flexible and …

We provide models for evaluating the performance, cost and power consumption of different
architectures suitable for a metropolitan area network (MAN). We then apply these models to …

This paper discusses nonlinear optical signal processing employed in optical packet
switching systems. Nonlinear optical signal processing provides optical label (header) …

An optical transport network is composed of optical transport systems deployed in thousands
of office-buildings. As a common infrastructure to accommodate diversified communication …

A novel optical burst ring network is proposed by employing fixed-tuned transmitters rather
than fast tunable lasers. All-optical traffic aggregation/bypass at network nodes significantly …

An adaptive gridless OXC is implemented using a 3D-MEMS optical backplane plus optical
modules (sub-systems) that provide elastic spectrum and time switching functionality. The …

We present a hybrid integrated photonic circuit on a silicon-on-insulator substrate that
performs ultra high-speed all-optical wavelength conversion. The chip incorporates a 1.25 …

Future data networks face an energy consumption challenge: traffic grows exponentially, but
the energy cost per bit in electronic routers and switches does not decrease so fast. All …

As a solution to the high energy consumption caused by numerous optical–electrical–optical
(OEO) conversions in electronic switches, and the poor contention handling of all-optical …