Optical signal routing using emission packet positioning of semiconductor heterostructure

We present a novel optical switching technique utilizing emission packet positioning of semiconductor heterostructure. A modulation-doped p-AlGaAs-GaAs heterostructure is employed to control spontaneous emission packet positioning with electric fields. Emission packets generated by optical input sig...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2005-07, Vol.17 (7), p.1411-1413
Hauptverfasser: Tsukamoto, H., Boone, T.D., Han, J., Woodall, J.M.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We present a novel optical switching technique utilizing emission packet positioning of semiconductor heterostructure. A modulation-doped p-AlGaAs-GaAs heterostructure is employed to control spontaneous emission packet positioning with electric fields. Emission packets generated by optical input signals are brought over 150 μm with electric fields, so the output fibers can detect the emission intensity as signals. The first-order analysis indicates that the drift velocity of minority electrons in GaAs limits the detectable maximum data rate and nanoseconds timescale signal routing operation at 20 Gb/s is possible at an electron drift velocity of 2×10/sup 7/ cm/s.
ISSN:1041-1135
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DOI:10.1109/LPT.2005.848330