Optoelectronic Integration: Physics, Technology and Applications

✍ Scribed by Osamu Wada (auth.), O. Wada (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 464
• Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science 269
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As we approach the end of the present century, the elementary particles of light (photons) are seen to be competing increasingly with the elementary particles of charge (electrons/holes) in the task of transmitting and processing the insatiable amounts of infonnation needed by society. The massive enhancements in electronic signal processing that have taken place since the discovery of the transistor, elegantly demonstrate how we have learned to make use of the strong interactions that exist between assemblages of electrons and holes, disposed in suitably designed geometries, and replicated on an increasingly fine scale. On the other hand, photons interact extremely weakly amongst themselves and all-photonic active circuit elements, where photons control photons, are presently very difficult to realise, particularly in small volumes. Fortunately rapid developments in the design and understanding of semiconductor injection lasers coupled with newly recognized quantum phenomena, that arise when device dimensions become comparable with electronic wavelengths, have clearly demonstrated how efficient and fast the interaction between electrons and photons can be. This latter situation has therefore provided a strong incentive to devise and study monolithic integrated circuits which involve both electrons and photons in their operation. As chapter I notes, it is barely fifteen years ago since the first demonstration of simple optoelectronic integrated circuits were realised using m-V compound semiconductors; these combined either a laser/driver or photodetector/preamplifier combination.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Optoelectronic Integration - Overview....Pages 1-16
Physical Basis of Optoelectronic Integration....Pages 17-59
III–V Compound Semiconductor Epitaxy for Optoelectronic Integration....Pages 61-106
Advanced Semiconductor Processing Technology....Pages 107-142
Long Wavelength Lasers and OEIC Transmitters....Pages 143-190
Photodetectors and OEIC Receivers....Pages 191-232
Waveguide Based Photonic Integrated Circuits....Pages 233-272
Electrophotonic Devices for Signal Processing and Computing....Pages 273-320
OEICs for Optical Interconnects....Pages 321-374
Hybrid Optoelectronic Integration and Packaging....Pages 375-422
Network Systems Applications and Markets for Optoelectronic Integration....Pages 423-445
Back Matter....Pages 447-458

✦ Subjects

Circuits and Systems; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Electrical Engineering