Title :
High sensitivity and high gain optical functional device: triangular-barrier optoelectronic switch (TOPS)
Author :
Sakata, H. ; Matsushima, Y.
Author_Institution :
KDD Kamifukuoka R&D Labs., Saitama
fDate :
10/13/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel optical functional device, the triangular-barrier optoelectronic switch (TOPS) is reported, which consists of a triangular-barrier phototransistor with avalanche multiplication. Clear differential gain, bistability and latch characteristics with high sensitivity and high gain were obtained by only changing the bias voltages
Keywords :
optical bistability; optical switches; phototransistors; TOPS; avalanche multiplication; bistability; differential gain; gain; latch characteristics; optical functional device; phototransistor; sensitivity; triangular-barrier optoelectronic switch;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941179
