Speed and energy analysis of digital interconnections: Comparison of on-chip, off-chip, and free-space technologies

Applied Optics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-227

  Yayla, Gökçe I ^a   Marchand, Philippe J ^a   Esener, Sadik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MOSFET DEVICES; MULTICHIP MODULES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSMITTERS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL MODULATORS; OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS; QUANTUM CONFINED STARK EFFECT; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS;

EID: 0031701866     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.37.000205     Document Type: Article

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