Title : 
The Beginnings of Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits—A Personal Perspective
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Appl. Phys. & Electr. Eng. Dept., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The early work (1960s, 1970s) on Integrated Optics at the Bell Telephone Laboratories and at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), with which the author was involved, is described from a personal perspective.
         
        
            Keywords : 
history; integrated optoelectronics; optoelectronic integrated circuits; Gas lasers; Integrated optics; Laboratories; Laser modes; Laser noise; Masers; Monolithic integrated circuits; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Telephony; Integrated optics;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/JLT.2008.923630