Novel optical thyristors for free-space optical interconnects

Optical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 531-536

  Lee, Jeong Ho ^a,b   Choi, Young Wan ^a,c,d  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Hyundai MicroElectronics   (South Korea)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit rate; Depleted optical thyristor; Free space optical interconnects; MQW; Optical switching energy; QWRS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038807140     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602283     Document Type: Article

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