Title :
High-voltage (2.1 V) integrated InGaAs photogenerator
Author :
Dentai, A.G. ; Burrows, Ellsworth C ; Giles, C.R. ; Burrus, C.A. ; Centanni, J.C.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ
fDate :
4/10/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report a high-voltage (2.1 V) optical-to-electrical power converter, or photogenerator operating in the wavelength range 1.0-1.65 μm. These devices will power simple electrical and optoelectronic circuits that may enable provisioning and protection at unpowered nodes in lightwave networks, thus increasing the functionality of the network in a cost-effective way. The photogenerators were used in system experiments to operate switches and micromotors at remote nodes located 100 km from the optical power source
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; photodiodes; power convertors; 1.0 to 1.65 micrometre; 2.1 V; III-V semiconductors; InGaAs; lightwave networks; optical power source; optical-to-electrical power converter; optoelectronic circuits; photodiodes; photogenerator; remote nodes; unpowered nodes;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970462
