Interconnection issues for vertical-to-surface-transmission electrophotonic device (VSTEP) optoelectronic information processing systems

Andrew G. Kirk; Hugo Thienpont

doi:10.1117/12.206310

5 April 1995 Interconnection issues for vertical-to-surface-transmission electrophotonic device (VSTEP) optoelectronic information processing systems

Andrew G. Kirk, Hugo Thienpont

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Proceedings Volume 2400, Optoelectronic Interconnects III; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206310
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We simulate parallel and serial implementations of functions on VSTEP (vertical to surface transmission electro-photonic device) based digital optical computing architectures. Taking optical thyristors as representative devices, we find that intrinsic fan-in and fan-out losses negate many of the speed advantages of the parallel implementation. However, in the regime where VSTEP rise- and fall-times are of the same order as transcription time the parallel solution becomes more attractive.

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Andrew G. Kirk and Hugo Thienpont "Interconnection issues for vertical-to-surface-transmission electrophotonic device (VSTEP) optoelectronic information processing systems", Proc. SPIE 2400, Optoelectronic Interconnects III, (5 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206310

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