A Scalable, Self-Routed, Terabit Capacity, Photonic Interconnection Network

We present SPINet (Scalable Photonic Integrated Network), an optical switching architecture particularly designed for photonic integration. The performance of SPINet-based networks is investigated through simulations, and it is shown that SPINet can provide the bandwidth demanded by high performance computing systems while meeting the ultra-low latency and scalability requirements. Experiments are conducted on a model SOA-based switching node to verify the feasibility of the SPINet concepts, and demonstrate error-free routing of 160 Gb/s peak bandwidth payload.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: HOTI
• Authors: Assaf Shacham, Benjamin G. Lee, Keren Bergman
• Keywords: HOTI 2005, Optical Switching Architecture, Photonic Integrated Network, SPINet