Elastic WDM switching for scalable data center and HPC interconnect networks

An elastic WDM switch, suitable for silicon photonic integration, was recently proposed by the authors. Here, we summarize its characteristics, and show how it can enhance the scalability and performance of data centers and HPCs.

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