Energy consumption limits in high-speed optical and electronic signal processing
Energy consumption limits in high-speed optical and electronic signal processing
- Author(s): R.S. Tucker ; K. Hinton ; G. Raskutti
- DOI: 10.1049/el:20071444
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- Author(s): R.S. Tucker 1 ; K. Hinton 1 ; G. Raskutti 1
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1: ARC Special Research Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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1: ARC Special Research Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Volume 43, Issue 17,
16 August 2007,
p.
906 – 908
DOI: 10.1049/el:20071444 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
The energy consumption of high-speed optical signal processing circuits using optical and electronic components is compared. Integrated nonlinear optical circuits consume more energy than CMOS ICs with O/E and E/O converters in all but the very simplest of circuits. It is concluded that future generations of high-performance electronics will be the technology of choice for optical signal processing.
Inspec keywords: CMOS integrated circuits; nonlinear optics; optical signal detection; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics
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Subjects: Integrated optoelectronics; Signal detection; Nonlinear optics and devices; CMOS integrated circuits; Optical, image and video signal processing
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