Title :
Energy consumption limits in high-speed optical and electronic signal processing
Author :
Tucker, R.S. ; Hinton, K. ; Raskutti, G.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; nonlinear optics; optical signal detection; electronic signal processing; energy consumption; high-speed optical signal processing; integrated nonlinear optical circuits;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20071444
