Laser Sources And Detectors For Guided Wave Optical Signal Processing

I. Meingailis

doi:10.1117/12.7972641

1 December 1980 Laser Sources And Detectors For Guided Wave Optical Signal Processing

I. Meingailis

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 19, Issue 6, 196941 (December 1980). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972641

Abstract

Significant advances have been made in the development of high-performance diode laser sources and photodiode detectors that will be essential for future optical signal processing systems. AIG aAs/G aAs diode lasers for 0.8 to 0.9 um wavelengths are now commercially available and GalnAsP/InP for 0.9 to 1.7µm should soon become available. Recent achievements include long lifetime lasers (>10,000 hours) in both materials systems, single longitudinal and transverse mode operation, high speed pulse modulation (1Gbit/sec), and mode-locked operation with <20 psec pulses. High performance avalanche photodiodes have been developed in Si for wavelengths up to 0.9 uM and modest-performance diodes in Ge up to 1.5 um. For wavelengths beyond 1 uM, III-V compounds, especially the GaInAsP/InP system, show promise for fast, highly sensitive diodes that could be integrated into optical waveguide circuits along with diode lasers.

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I. Meingailis "Laser Sources And Detectors For Guided Wave Optical Signal Processing," Optical Engineering 19(6), 196941 (1 December 1980). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.7972641

Published: 1 December 1980

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