Free-space optical switching core for storage area network

Fan Zhang; Neil Collings; William A. Crossland; Timothy D. Wilkinson; Mark Fan; Mohammad R Taghizadeh; Andrew Waddie

doi:10.1117/12.571874

11 February 2005 Free-space optical switching core for storage area network

Fan Zhang, Neil Collings, William A. Crossland, Timothy D. Wilkinson, Mark Fan, Mohammad R Taghizadeh, Andrew Waddie

Proceedings Volume 5625, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems II; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.571874
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

Storage Area Network (SAN) has gradually developed as the demand for storage capacity and fast access has increased. The traditional way of attaching storage directly to the servers over a SCSI bus has limited scalability. Several drawbacks and limitations have turned up. Switched Fibre Channel SAN resolves all of these issues. In this paper, the architecture of the switch fabric for the SAN is discussed. The complete design of the free-space optical switching core based on the diffractive element and the PLZT shutter is proposed.

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Fan Zhang, Neil Collings, William A. Crossland, Timothy D. Wilkinson, Mark Fan, Mohammad R Taghizadeh, and Andrew Waddie "Free-space optical switching core for storage area network", Proc. SPIE 5625, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems II, (11 February 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.571874

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