Energy consumption and energy density in optical and electronic signal processing

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 821-833

  Tucker, Rodney S ^a   Hinton, Kerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

electronic signal processing; energy consumption; energy efficiency; Optical signal processing

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXERS; DIGITAL ELECTRONICS; ELECTRICAL-TO-OPTICAL; ELECTRONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ENERGY DENSITY; HIGH-SPEED; HIGH-SPEED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL SIGNALS; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL-TO-ELECTRICAL; PROCESSING OPERATIONS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

DIGITAL CIRCUITS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 80053476374     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2166254     Document Type: Article

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