Optical Switching in Next Generation Data Centers

Part I. System Aspects of Intra Data Center Networking

1. Photonics in Data Centers
S. J. Ben Yoo, Roberto Proietti, Paolo Grani

2. Optical Switching in Datacenters: Architectures Based on Optical Circuit Switching
Liam P. Barry, Jingyan Wang, Conor McArdle, Dan Kilper

3. Optical Switching in Data Centers: Architectures Based on Optical Packet/Burst Switching
Nicola Calabretta, Wang Miao

Part II. Demonstrations of Optical Switching in Data Center

4. OSA: An Optical Switching Architecture for Data Center Networks with Unprecedented Flexibility
Kai Chen, Ankit Singla, Atul Singh, Kishore Ramachandran, Lei Xu, Yueping Zhang, Xitao Wen, Yan Chen

5. The Hi-Ring Architecture for Data Center Networks
Valerija Kamchevska, Yunhong Ding, Michael S. Berger, Lars Dittmann, Leif K. Oxenløwe, Michael Galili

6. Low-Latency Interconnect Optical Network Switch (LIONS)
Roberto Proietti, Yawei Yin, Zheng Cao, C. J. Nitta, V. Akella, S. J. Ben Yoo

7. Torus-Topology Data Center Networks with Hybrid Optoelectronic Routers
Ryo Takahashi, Ken-ichi Kitayama

8. LIGHTNESS: All-Optical SDN-enabled Intra-DCN with Optical Circuit and Packet Switching
George M. Saridis, Alejandro Aguado, Yan Yan, Wang Miao, Nicola Calabretta, Georgios Zervas, Dimitra Simeonidou

9. Hybrid OPS/EPS Photonic Ethernet Switch and Pure Photonic Packet Switch
Hamid Mehrvar, Huixiao Ma, Xiaoling Yang, Yan Wang, Dominic Goodwill, Eric Bernier

10. OPMDC: Optical Pyramid Data Center Network
Maria Yuang, Po-Lung Tien

Part III. Technologies for Optical Switching in Data Centers

11. Commercial Optical Switches
Qirui Huang

12. Silicon Photonics Switch Matrices: Technologies and Architectures
Francesco Testa, Alberto Bianchi, Marco Romagnoli

13. Trends in High-Speed Interconnects for Datacenter Networking: Multidimensional Formats and Their Enabling DSP
David V. Plant, Mohamed H. Morsy-Osman, Mathieu Chagnon, Stephane Lessard

14. Trends in High Speed Interconnects: InP Monolithic Integration
Kevin Williams, Boudewijn Docter

Part IV. Prospects and Future Trends

15. The Future of Switching in Data Centers
Slavisa Aleksic, Matteo Fiorani

Keywords: Engineering, Communications Engineering, Networks, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Signal, Image and Speech Processing, Computer Communication Networks, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks