Modulator-driver circuits for optoelectronic VLSI

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 839-841

  Woodward, T K ^a,b   Krishnamoorthy, A V ^a,b   Goossen, K W ^a,b   Walker, J A ^b   Tseng, B ^b   Lothian, J ^b   Hui, S ^b   Leibenguth, R ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated circuits; Modulators; Optical communicaton; Optical interconnects; Smart pixels

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FLIP CHIP DEVICES; LIGHT MODULATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

DRIVER CIRCUITS; LOGIC VOLTAGE; SMART PIXELS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0031168890     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.585008     Document Type: Article

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