Design of monolithically integrated vertical cavity laser with depleted optical thyristor for optical programmable gate array

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 18264-18274

  Choi, Woon Kyung ^a   Choi, Young Wan ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGIC GATES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; THYRISTORS;

DEPLETED OPTICAL THYRISTOR; LOW THRESHOLD CURRENT; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; OPTICAL LOGIC GATE; PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY; REFERENCE INPUTS; SELECTIVE OXIDATION PROCESS; VERTICAL CAVITY LASERS;

COMPUTER CIRCUITS;

EID: 55349149687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.018264     Document Type: Article

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