Title :
Parallel optoelectronic multiplexer architectures
Author :
Stirk, Charles W.
Author_Institution :
Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Parallel optoelectronic multiplexers benefit from the large number of I/O channels available in free-space optics. The comparative advantage of parallel over serial I/O is less power dissipation per unit area and less self-inductance noise, which lead to higher performance and higher reliability, respectively. The penalty is increased communication latency, but for a given message size, the latency can be hidden with the proper choice of multiplexer architecture and optoelectronic technology
Keywords :
multiplexing equipment; optical information processing; optoelectronic devices; parallel architectures; communication latency; free-space optics; multiplexer architecture; optoelectronic multiplexer; optoelectronic technology; parallel; Bandwidth; Clocks; Delay; Multiplexing; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical noise; Optical switches; Power dissipation; Shift registers;
Conference_Titel :
Massively Parallel Processing Using Optical Interconnections, 1994., Proceedings of the First International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Cancun
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5832-0
DOI :
10.1109/MPPOI.1994.336620
