Title :
Optical Interface for Single-Flux-Quantum Buffer Memory
Author :
Shinada, Satoshi ; Terai, Hirotaka ; Wada, Naoya ; Wang, Zhen ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, 4-2-1 Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8795 Japan, E-mail: sshinada@nict,go,jp
Abstract :
We propose an optical buffer memory using a single-flux-quantum (SFQ) circuit for the optical packet switch. Optical interfaces are required for exploiting a high-speed response of SFQ. We fabricated and characterized a metal-semiconductor-metal photo-detector as an input interface.
Keywords :
Buffer storage; CMOS technology; Circuits; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Josephson junctions; Optical buffering; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801264
