Introduction: Optical delay line buffers will be key components in future optical communications and information processing systems [1–4]. Recent research results on slow light include experimental demonstration of light speed reduction to 17 m=s in atomic vapour cells using electromagnetically-induced transparency (EIT) [1], a slowdown factor of more than 31 000 using population oscillations (...

A buffer overrun occurs in a C program when input is read into a buffer whose length exceeds that of the buffer. Overruns often lead to crashes and are a widespread form of security vulnerability. This paper describes an analysis for detecting overruns before deployment which is conservative in the sense that it locates every possible buffer overrun. The paper details the subtle relationship be...

Optical burst switching (OBS) is a promising candidate for a more dynamic optical layer in the context of IP over WDM. Although buffering is not mandatory for the functionality of OBS, even simple FDL buffers can improve burst loss probability. In this paper, we first discuss principal buffer architectures and reservation schemes for fiber delay line (FDL) buffers. Then, we investigate key desi...

In this paper we present a real-time voxelization algorithm which is implemented with newest programmable graphics hardware. The algorithm first converts geometric model into discrete voxel space. The resultant voxels are then encoded as 2D textures and stored in three intermediate sheet buffers called directional sheet buffers according the orientation of the boundary surface. These buffers ar...

Vegetative buffer strips are vegetated areas (usually strips) between fields and waterbodies that can mitigate the effects of agricultural activities by acting as a physical barrier to sediment and nutrients being carried to streams, and thereby have been widely used as a best management practice (BMP). Buffers can slow surface water flow and allow greater water infiltration, trapping the sedim...