Reconfigurable binary optical routing switches with fan-out based on the integration of GaAs/AlGaAs surface-emitting lasers and heterojunction phototransistors Lu, Bo : Zhou, Ping ; Lu, Yin-Chen ; Cheng, Julian ; Leibenguth, Ronald E. ; Adams, A. C. ; Zilko, John Leon, 1950- ; Zolper, J. C. ; Lear, Kevin L. ; Chalmers, S. A. ; Vawter, G. A. "The work at UNM was supported by Rome Laboratories (Griffiss AFB), the Advanced Research Projects Agency-MTO, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Bolling AFB). The work performed at Sandia was supported by DOE Contract No. DE-AC04-76DP00789." The design, fabrication, and experimental demonstration of dynamically reconfigurable binary optical switches based on the integration of GaAs/AlGaAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and heterojunction phototransistors are reported. These new monolithic optical switches can perform spatial routing and optical amplification functions on input optical data with a fan-out of two, and can be programmed using simple voltage control. The 1 × 2 and 2 × 2 devices provide the basis for a high performance, two-dimensional optical switching fabric with electrical interfaces for optical switching and interconnection networks. Colorado State University. Libraries 1994 text ; image application/pdf ECEkll00034.pdf FACFECEN100384ARTI eng c1994 IEEE
Reconfigurable binary optical routing switches with fan-out based on the integration of GaAs/AlGaAs surface-emitting lasers and heterojunction phototransistors
Lu, Bo : Zhou, Ping ; Lu, Yin-Chen ; Cheng, Julian ; Leibenguth, Ronald E. ; Adams, A. C. ; Zilko, John Leon, 1950- ; Zolper, J. C. ; Lear, Kevin L. ; Chalmers, S. A. ; Vawter, G. A.
"The work at UNM was supported by Rome Laboratories (Griffiss AFB), the Advanced Research Projects Agency-MTO, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Bolling AFB). The work performed at Sandia was supported by DOE Contract No. DE-AC04-76DP00789."
The design, fabrication, and experimental demonstration of dynamically reconfigurable binary optical switches based on the integration of GaAs/AlGaAs vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and heterojunction phototransistors are reported. These new monolithic optical switches can perform spatial routing and optical amplification functions on input optical data with a fan-out of two, and can be programmed using simple voltage control. The 1 × 2 and 2 × 2 devices provide the basis for a high performance, two-dimensional optical switching fabric with electrical interfaces for optical switching and interconnection networks.
Colorado State University. Libraries
1994
text ; image
application/pdf
ECEkll00034.pdf
FACFECEN100384ARTI
eng
c1994 IEEE