• DocumentCode
    316848
  • Title

    Highly reliable operation of InGaAlAs mesa-waveguide photodiodes in a humid ambient

  • Author

    Shishikura, M. ; Tanaka, S. ; Nakamura, H. ; Matsuoka, Y. ; Kikuchi, S. ; Nagatsuma, K. ; Sudo, R. ; Miura, T. ; Ono, T. ; Tsuji, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Central Res. Lab., Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    22-25 Sep 1997
  • Firstpage
    97
  • Abstract
    Reliable mesa-type waveguide photodiode operation in a humid ambient is demonstrated. Median lifetime at 45°C/50%RH estimated from a pressure cooker test was 20 years, which is sufficient to apply this device in low-cost nonhermetic modules
  • Keywords
    indium compounds; 20 y; 45 C; InGaAlAs; InGaAlAs mesa-waveguide photodiodes; highly reliable operation; humid ambient; low-cost nonhermetic modules; median lifetime; mesa-type waveguide photodiode operation; optical access network modules; pressure cooker test;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
  • Conference_Location
    Edinburgh
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-85296-697-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp:19971591
  • Filename
    628603