DocumentCode
1122938
Title
Signal-monitoring characteristics for laser-diode optical switches
Author
Ikeda, Masahiro
Author_Institution
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
Volume
3
Issue
4
fYear
1985
fDate
8/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
909
Lastpage
913
Abstract
Signal-monitoring characteristics of terminal voltage change across laser-diode optical switches (LDSW) have been studied. The terminal voltage changes are caused by the photovoltaic effect in the OFF state and by the quasi-Fermi level change in the ON state. The baseband frequency response characteristics are analyzed by small-signal analysis and coincide well with the measured characteristics. The 6-dB down frequency response bandwidths are verified to be very wide in both the ON and OFF states.
Keywords
Optical switches; Semiconductor lasers; Baseband; Diode lasers; Frequency measurement; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Pulse measurements; Voltage; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JLT.1985.1074278
Filename
1074278
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