PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SELF-ELECTRO-OPTIC-EFFECT-DEVICE-BASED (SEED-BASED) SMART-PIXEL ARRAYS USED IN DATA SORTING

Authors
DESMULLIEZ MPY WHERRETT BS WADDIE AJ SNOWDON JF DINES JAB
Citation
Mpy. Desmulliez et al., PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SELF-ELECTRO-OPTIC-EFFECT-DEVICE-BASED (SEED-BASED) SMART-PIXEL ARRAYS USED IN DATA SORTING, Applied optics, 35(32), 1996, pp. 6397-6416
Citations number
51
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
35
Issue
32
Year of publication
1996
Pages
6397 - 6416
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1996)35:32<6397:PAOS(>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The performance factors associated with self-electro-optic-effect-devi ce- (SEED-) based smart-pixel arrays are analyzed in terms of semicond uctor technology and pixel complexity. The sorting task is chosen as a practical example. Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-SEE D 2 x 2 self-routing nodes operated with quasi-cw-mode lasers are show n to provide the maximum processing power and on- or off-chip communic ation rate. The need for new front-end amplifiers for the smart-pixel technology is emphasized. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America