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The world-record 53.3 Tb/s optical switching capacity for data-center networks

10.06.17 | National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)

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This is a concept diagram of high-speed 7-core-joint optical switch system. Credit: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT, President: Hideyuki Tokuda, Ph.D.) has successfully demonstrated a world-record for switching capacity of 53.3 Tb/s for short-reach data-center networks. This demonstration makes use of spatial division multiplexing (SDM) over multi-core optical fibers (MCFs) and a newly developed high-speed spatial optical switch system, enabling full packet-granularity. We believe this newly developed data-center network provides a significant improvement of network efficiency and end-to-end energy consumption per bit compared to today's optical circuit, fully-electronic packet switching networks. The results of this demonstration were selected for presentation as a post-deadline paper at the prestigious 43rd European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) in Gothenburg, Sweden, on September 21, 2017.

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URL: http://ecoc2017.org/programme/post-deadline-paper/

Keywords

Circuit Development Europe Fiber Optics

Contact Information

Sachiko Hirota
publicity@nict.go.jp

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http://www.nict.go.jp/en/press/2017/10/06-1.html

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National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). (2017, October 6). The world-record 53.3 Tb/s optical switching capacity for data-center networks. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/8OJV9731/the-world-record-533-tbs-optical-switching-capacity-for-data-center-networks.html
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