CS 290N
Novel Computing Technologies
Problem Set 9

Discussion questions for All-Optical Routing
Presented by Fred Chong

1. How are signals delayed?  How much delay is possible?

2. How are signals amplified? How much amplification is used?

3. How can the length of fiber loops be reduced?

4. What bit rate was demonstrated?  What are the factors that limit this
   bit rate? 

Please e-mail the answers to the above questions to me (chong@cs.ucsb.edu)
BEFORE class.