High-speed (2.5 Gbps) reconfigurable inter-chip optical interconnects using opto-VLSI processors

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 6823-6836

  Aljada, Muhsen ^a   Alameh, Kamal E ^a   Lee, Yong Tak ^b   Chung, Il Sug ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER APPLICATIONS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

INTERCHIP OPTICAL INTERCONNECTIONS; MULTICASTING DIGITAL PHASE HOLOGRAMS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSEL);

VLSI CIRCUITS;

EID: 33746374988     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006823     Document Type: Article

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