Research on Materials and Components for Opto-Electronic Signal Processing.

Abstract

Design of chirped grating lenses on optical waveguides for opto-electronic signal processing is presented in this report. Fundamental limitations of the performance of chirped grating lenses due to material properties, fabrication tolerance and design parameters are discussed. In addition electro-absorption and electro-refraction properties in GaAs and InP semiconductors are presented. Cross modulation of optical radiations at two different wavelengths has been observed in GaAs. It has the potential of exhibiting optical AND logic. Keywords include: Chirped grating; waveguide lens; opto-electronic signal processing; and electrorefraction III-V compound opto-electronic devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA159122

Entities

People

  • C. C. Sun
  • J. M. Delavaux
  • S. Forouhar
  • T. Van Eck
  • W. S. C. Chang

Organizations

  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Cross Modulation
  • Dielectric Waveguides
  • Diffraction
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics Industry
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Energy Bands
  • Fabrication
  • Optical Properties
  • Optical Waveguides
  • Optics
  • Quantum Electronics
  • Quantum Wells
  • Refractive Index
  • Semiconductors
  • Signal Processing

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics