Benjamin A. Small, Ph.D.

patents

• B. T. Katsuyama, M. N. Trudeau, C. Sokoloff, B. A. Small, R. Park, D. Aisen, A. B. Facini, D. Bollerman, and F. Chung, “Dynamic peg orders in an electronic trading system,” WIPO Wo/2016/028416 (2016).
• B. A. Small, A. Shacham, and K. Bergman, “Systems and methods for storing optical data,” U.S. Patent 8,582,972 (2013).
• B. A. Small, A. Shacham, and K. Bergman, “Systems and methods for storing optical data,” WIPO WO/2008/028125 (2008).

book chapter

• K. Bergman, B. A. Small, and L. A. Bergman, “Next Generation Cluster Networks,” chapter 142 in The Handbook of Computer Networks, ed. H. Bidgoli, John Wiley & Sons (2007).

refereed journals

1. O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, A. Shacham, B. A. Small, B. G. Lee, H. Wang, C. P. Lai, A. Biberman, and K. Bergman, “The Data Vortex optical packet switched interconnection network” [invited], J. Lightw. Technol. 26 (13) 1777–1789 (July 2008).
2. B. G. Lee, C. P. Lai, J. D. Foster, B. A. Small, and K. Bergman, “Gain uniformity optimization of SOA-based optical packet switching nodes for performance and scalability improvements,” J. Opt. Netw. 6 (9) 1055–1063 (Sept. 2007).
3. B. A. Small, A. Shacham, and K. Bergman, “A modular, scalable, extensible, and transparent optical packet buffer,” J. Lightw. Technol. 25 (4) 278–285 (Apr. 2007).
4. B. G. Lee, B. A. Small, Q. Xu, M. Lipson, and K. Bergman, “Characterization of a 4 × 4 Gb/s parallel electronic bus to WDM optical link silicon photonic translator,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 19 (7) 456–458 (Apr. 2007).
5. C. Hawkins, B. A. Small, D. S. Wills, and K. Bergman, “The Data Vortex, an all optical path multicomputer interconnection network,” IEEE Trans. Parallel Dist. Syst. 18 (3) 409–420 (Mar. 2007).
6. B. A. Small, B. G. Lee, K. Bergman, Q. Xu, and M. Lipson, “Multiple-wavelength integrated photonic networks based on microring resonator devices,” J. Opt. Netw. 6 (2) 112–120 (Feb. 2007).
7. B. A. Small, B. G. Lee, and K. Bergman, “Empirical method for determining SOA gain based on ASE characterization,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18 (21) 2224–2226 (Nov. 2006).
8. B. A. Small, B. G. Lee, and K. Bergman, “On cascades of resonators for high-bandwidth integrated optical interconnection networks,” Opt. Express 14 (22) 10811–10818 (Oct. 2006).
9. B. G. Lee, B. A. Small, K. Bergman, Q. Xu, and M. Lipson, “Transmission of high-data-rate optical signals through a micrometer-scale silicon ring resonator,” Opt. Lett. 31 (18) 2701–2703 (Sept. 2006).
10. B. A. Small, B. G. Lee, and K. Bergman, “Flexibility of optical packet format in a complete 12 × 12 data vortex network,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18 (16) 1693–1695 (Aug. 2006).
11. B. A. Small and K. Bergman, “Optimization of multiple-stage optical interconnection networks,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18 (1) 238–240 (Jan. 2006).
12. O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, B. A. Small, and K. Bergman, “Physical layer scalability of WDM optical packet interconnection networks,” J. Lightw. Technol. 24 (1) 262–270 (Jan. 2006).
13. A. Shacham, B. A. Small, and K. Bergman, “A wideband packet injection control module for optical packet switching routers,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17 (12) 2778–2780 (Dec. 2005).
14. B. A. Small, T. Kato, and K. Bergman, “Measurements of very low bit error rates for an optical packet switching node,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17 (11) 2379–2381 (Nov. 2005).
15. B. A. Small, T. Kato, and K. Bergman, “Dynamic power considerations in a complete 12 × 12 optical packet switching network,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17 (11) 2472–2474 (Nov. 2005).
16. B. A. Small and K. Bergman, “Slot timing considerations in optical packet switching networks,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17 (11) 2478–2480 (Nov. 2005).
17. A. Shacham, B. A. Small, O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, and K. Bergman, “A fully implemented 12 × 12 data vortex optical packet switching interconnection network,” J. Lightw. Technol. 23 (10) 3066–3075 (Oct. 2005).
18. B. A. Small, A. Shacham, and K. Bergman, “Ultra-low latency optical packet switching node,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17 (7) 1564–1566 (July 2005).
19. B. A. Small, A. Shacham, K. Bergman, K. Athikulwongse, C. Hawkins, and D. S. Wills, “Emulation of realistic network traffic patterns on an eight-node data vortex interconnection network subsystem,” J. Opt. Netw. 3 (11) 802–809 (Nov. 2004).
20. W. Lu, B. A. Small, J. P. Mack, L. Leng, and K. Bergman, “Optical packet routing and virtual buffering in an eight-node data vortex switching fabric,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 16 (8) 1981–1983 (Aug. 2004).
21. W. Lu, O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, B. A. Small, and K. Bergman, “Cascading switching nodes in data vortex optical packet interconnection network,” Electron. Lett. 40 (14) 895–896 (July 2004).

conference proceedings

1. B. G. Lee, J. F. McMillan, A. Biberman, B. A. Small, C. W. Wong, and K. Bergman, “Power penalty of high-data-rate transmission delay through a silicon photonic chrystal slow-light waveguide,” in Proc. Photon. Switching (PS) TuB3.4 (Aug. 2007).
2. X. Chen, B. G. Lee, X. Liu, B. A. Small, I. Hsieh, J. Dadap, K. Bergman, R. M. Osgood, F. Xia, W. Green, L. Sekaric, and Y. Vlasov, “Demonstration of 300 Gbps Error-Free Transmission of WDM Data Stream in Silicon Photonic Wires,” in Proc. Conf. Lasers Electro-Opt. (CLEO) CTuQ5 (May 2007).
3. B. G. Lee, B. A. Small, J. D. Foster, K. Bergman, Q. Xu, and M. Lipson, “Demonstrated 4 × 4 Gbps silicon photonic integrated parallel electronic to WDM interface,” in Proc. Opt. Fiber Commun. Conf. (OFC) OTuM5 (Mar. 2007).
4. B. G. Lee, B. A. Small, and K. Bergman, “Signal integrity of RZ data in micron-scale silicon ring resonators,” in Proc. 19th Annu. Meeting LEOS WW3 (Nov. 2006).
5. B. A. Small and K. Bergman, “Low latency optical packet switched interconnection networks,” in Proc. Photon. Switching (PS) 18.1 (Oct. 2006).
6. A. Shacham, B. A. Small, and K. Bergman, “A novel optical buffer architecture for optical packet switching routers,” in Proc. 32nd European Conf. Opt. Commun. (ECOC) We1.4.4 (Sept. 2006).
7. B. G. Lee, B. A. Small, and K. Bergman, “Signal degradation through a 12 × 12 optical packet switching network,” in Proc. 32nd European Conf. Opt. Commun. (ECOC) We3.P.131 (Sept. 2006).
8. B. A. Small and K. Bergman, “Network architectures for QKD,” IEEE LEOS Summer Topicals WB2.4 (July 2006).
9. B. A. Small, B. G. Lee, K. Bergman, Q. Xu, J. Shakya, and M. Lipson, “High data rate signal integrity in micron-scale silicon ring resonators,” in Proc. Conf. Lasers Electro-Opt. (CLEO) CTuCC4 (May 2006).
10. B. A. Small, B. G. Lee, K. Bergman, “Variable sized packet routing in a complete 12 × 12 photonic network,” in Proc. Opt. Fiber Commun. Conf. (OFC) OFO4 (Mar. 2006).
11. B. A. Small, O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, A. Shacham, K. Bergman, C. Gray, C. Hawkins, D. C. Keezer, K. P. Martin, D. S. Wills, and G. D. Hughes, “Ultra-low latency optical networks for next generation supercomputers” [Best Technical Poster Award], in Proc. 16th Annu. ACM/IEEE Supercomputing Conf. (SC) P34 (Nov. 2005).
12. B. A. Small, T. Kato, and K. Bergman, “Dynamic power considerations in a complete 12 × 12 optical packet switching network,” in Proc. 31st European Conf. Opt. Commun. (ECOC) 4 Th2.4.2 873–874 (Sept. 2005).
13. B. A. Small, O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, A. Shacham, J. P. Mack, and K. Bergman, “Demonstration of a complete 12-port terabit capacity optical packet switching fabric,” in Proc. Opt. Fiber Commun. Conf. (OFC) OWK1 (Mar. 2005).
14. A. Shacham, B. A. Small, O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, J. P. Mack, and K. Bergman, “An ultra-low latency routing node for optical packet interconnection networks,” in Proc. 17th Annu. Meeting LEOS WM2 565–566 (Nov. 2004).
15. O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, W. Lu, B. A. Small, and K. Bergman, “Physical layer scalability demonstration of a WDM packet interconnection network,” in Proc. 17th Annu. Meeting LEOS WM3 567–568 (Nov. 2004).
16. W. Lu, B. A. Small, K. Bergman, and L. Leng, “Ultra-high capacity WDM optical packet routing through an 8-node data vortex sub-network,” in Proc. Opt. Fiber Commun. Conf. (OFC) MF94 281–283 (Mar. 2004).
17. J. N. Kutz, B. Small, W. Lu, and K. Bergman, “Modeling, simulating, and characterizing performance in optical switching networks,” in Proc. SPIE (Photon. West 2004 Conf.) 5349 228–235 (Jan. 2004).
18. W. Lu, B. A. Small, O. Liboiron-Ladouceur, J. N. Kutz, and K. Bergman, “Optical packet switching through multiple nodes in the data vortex architecture,” in Proc. 16th Annu. Meeting LEOS 1 MF2 53–54 (Oct. 2003).
19. B. A. Small, J. N. Kutz, W. Lu, and K. Bergman, “Characterizing and simulating the performance of the physical layer of data vortex switching nodes,” in Proc. 16th Annu. Meeting LEOS 1 MF5 59–60 (Oct. 2003).