Thin-Film Optoelectronic Circuits Research Program.
Abstract
Monolithic integration of electronic circuits in silicon has made possible a revolution in electronic computation and signal processing. Today, gallium arsenide integrated circuits (GaAs ICs) are extending this electronic revolution to ever higher speed devices. Optical signal processing, despite its consistent advances and several early successes such as synthetic aperture radar and the optical spectrum analyzer, is falling increasingly behind the electronic competition. Functions which formerly required the speed and parallelism of optics are now being implemented entirely in digital electronics. the reasons for this are several, but one in particular stands out: the lack of emphasis given to compatibility issues between optical and electronic IC fabrication processes. As a result, most integrated optic devices demonstrated to date have been discrete components requiring laborious interfacing to predominantly electronic systems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 25, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA174572
Entities
People
- Steven M. Arnold
Organizations
- Honeywell International, Inc.