AlGaAs-GaAs pnpn Differential Optical Switch

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 1335-1342

  Hara, Kunihiko ^a   Kojima, Keisuke ^a   Mitsunaga, Kazumasa ^a   Kyuma, Kazuo ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURAL NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

DIFFERENITAL OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL NEURAL NETWORKS;

ELECTRIC SWITCHES, SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0026866622     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.135274     Document Type: Article

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