Comparison between optical and electrical interconnects based on power and speed considerations
- 1 May 1988
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 27 (9), 1742-1751
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.27.001742
Abstract
Conditions are determined for which optical interconnects can transmit information at a higher data rate and consume less power than the equivalent electrical interconnections. The analysis is performed for free-space optical intrachip communication links. Effects of scaling circuit dimensions, presence of signal fan-out, and the use of light modulators as optical signal transmitters are also discussed.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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