40 Gb/s 8×8 low-latency optical switch for data centers

This paper reports on a 40 Gb/s 8×8 optical switch for data centers. Experiments demonstrate error-free operation with 118.2 ns switching latency in contention-less architecture. Simulations show 150 ns latency for consolidated architectures.

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