CASCADABLE LASER LOGIC DEVICES - DISCRETE INTEGRATION OF PHOTOTRANSISTORS WITH SURFACE-EMITTING LASER-DIODES

被引:35
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作者
OLBRIGHT, GR [1 ]
BRYAN, RP [1 ]
LEAR, K [1 ]
BRENNAN, TM [1 ]
POIRIER, G [1 ]
LEE, YH [1 ]
JEWELL, JL [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS,HOLMDEL,NJ 07733
关键词
LOGIC DEVICES; OPTICAL LOGIC;
D O I
10.1049/el:19910140
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A new class of cascadable optical logic devices is described which consists of integrated GaAs/AlGaAs phototransistors and surface-emitting lasers. The devices function as optical neurons ('smart pixels'), have high optical gain (a factor of > 20 overall, > 200 differential), very high on/off contrast (> 2700, 34 dB) and are ideal for neural networks and optical computing applications.
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页码:216 / 217
页数:2
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