@article{yan_archon_2015,
 abstract = {This paper reports all-optical, function programmable, transparent, intra- and inter-data center networking (DCN) using space and time-division multiplexing (SDM/TDM) within data centers and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) between data centers. A multielement fiber is used for SDM transmission to provide a large quantity of optical links between the top-of-racks (ToRs) and the function programmable cluster switch. Beam-steering large-port-count fiber switches, used as central cluster switches and intercluster switch, provide a single hop optical circuit switching solution, and also enable network function programmability for DCN to support variable traffic patterns and different network functions. A TDM switch as a plug-in function provides intra-cluster communication with variable capacity and low latency. The flat-structured intra data center architecture, with a circuit-switched SDM and TDM hybrid network enables scalable, large-capacity and low-latency DCN communication. In addition, all-optical ToR-to-ToR inter-DCN is realized through metro/core networks. A highly-nonlinear fiber based all-optical SDM-to-WDM converter transfers three SDM signals to three-carrier spectral superchannel signals, which are transmitted to the destination DCN, through the metro/core networks. The all-optical ToR-ToR cross-DCN connections enable the geographically distributed DCNs to appear as one big data center.},
 author = {<NAME> <NAME>. and <NAME>. and <NAME>. and <NAME>. and <NAME>. and <NAME>. and <NAME>. and Jain, S. and <NAME>. and <NAME>. and <NAME>. and <NAME>. and <NAME>.},
 date = {2015-04},
 doi = {10.1109/JLT.2015.2392554},
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 issn = {0733-8724},
 journaltitle = {Journal of Lightwave Technology},
 keywords = {Archon,Bandwidth,beam steering,Beam steering,beam steering large-port-count fiber switch,Big Data,Big Data center,carrier spectral superchannel signal,central cluster switch,computer centres,data center networking,Data CenterNetworking,function programmable cluster switch,function programmable optical interconnect architecture,intercluster switch,internetworking,large-capacity DCN communication,low-latency DCN communication,metro-core network,multielement fiber,Optical fiber networks,Optical fibers,optical fibre networks,optical interconnections,Optical interconnects,optical links,optical SDM-to-WDM converter,optical switches,Optical transmitters,SDM networking,single hop optical circuit switching solution,space division multiplexing,TDM networking,time division multiplexing,Time Division Multiplexing,top-of-racks,ToR,ToR-ToR cross-DCN connection,transparent interdata center,transparent intradata center network,Wavelength Division Multiplexing,WDM networking},
 number = {8},
 pages = {1586--1595},
 shorttitle = {Archon},
 title = {Archon: A Function Programmable Optical Interconnect Architecture for Transparent Intra and Inter Data Center SDM/TDM/WDM Networking},
 volume = {33}
}

