4/spl times/4 arrays of FET-SEED embedded control 2/spl times/1 optoelectronic switching nodes with electrical fan-out

Anthony L. Lentine, R.A. Novotny, T. J. Cloonan, L. M. F. Chirovsky, L.A. D'Asaro, G. Livescu, S.P. Hui, M. W. Focht, J. M. Freund, G. D. Guth,

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 1994 · 30 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

We describe a 4 by 4 array of embedded control two input, one output optoelectronic switching nodes based on the field effect transistor self electro-optic effect device (FET-SEED) technology. The arrays have electrical fan-out to remove the loss associated with optical fan-out in the system application. Extensive testing was done on several arrays at 156 Mb/s per channel with optical switching energies below 100 fJ, with the output driver limiting the maximum data rate to 400 Mb/s. Power dissipation, noise margin, crosstalk, sensitivity to stray light, and uniformity of both threshold and output waveforms are also discussed.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

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