摘要:
Semi-insulating epitaxial layers of Group III-V based semiconductor compounds are produced by a MOCVD process through the use of organic titanium-based compounds. Resistivities greater than 1.times.10.sup.7 ohm/cm have been achieved.
摘要:
A three terminal, totally integrated demultiplexing photodiode is disclosed wherein information present simultaneously at two wavelengths can be developed into two separate currents available at the three terminals. Two quaternary layers (203 and 205) of indium, gallium, arsenide phosphide having unequal bandgaps and each having a pn junction are separated by a buffer layer (204) of n type indium phosphide. Operation at longer wavelengths is achieved by causing the bottom quaternary layer to have the higher bandgap energy thereby permitting it to detect the shorter wavelengths in the radiation and causing the topmost quaternary layer (205) to have the lower bandgap energy thereby permitting it to detect the longer wavelengths. The bottom contact (213) on the substrate has an opening thereby providing a window (230) through which incoming radiation (250) can be coupled through the substrate to the two quaternary layers.
摘要:
Low loss semiconductor waveguides for supporting propagation of optical signals over a wide range of wavelengths are achieved by growing at least two epitaxial layers of dopant material contiguous along a major surface of each layer to form a heterointerface therebetween. At least one of the epitaxial layers includes a sufficient concentration of semiconductor material to cause strain via lattice mismatch substantially at and near the heterointerface. The strain induces a change in refractive index such that the heterointerface exhibits a substantially higher refractive index than a portion of each epitaxial layer proximate to the heterointerface. The resulting waveguide is capable of supporting propagation of optical signals substantially along the heterointerface. In one example, contiguous epitaxial layers of InP and InGaP form a waveguide for optical signals at wavelengths greater than 0.93 .mu.m. The concentration of Ga in the InGaP epitaxial layer is varied from 10.sup.18 to 10.sup.20 cm.sup.-3 to increase the refractive index difference between the heterointerface and the immediate surrounding layers.
摘要:
The total base-collector capacitance of a double-heterostructure bipolar transistor device is reduced by removing semiconductor material from the extrinsic regions and replacing the removed material with a relatively-low-dielectric-constant material, The base-collector capacitance is further reduced by using a composite subcollector structure that permits the extrinsic regions to be made thicker than the intrinsic region of the device.
摘要:
An optical network unit designed to be connected to incoming and outgoing fibers at a customer location is made in integrated-circuit form. One portion of the integrated circuit includes a thin-film waveguiding layer and functions as an optical splitter, a photodetector and a modulator. Another portion of the circuit serves as an amplifier..
摘要:
Semi-insulating epitaxial layers of Group III-V based semiconductor compounds are produced by an MOCVD process through the use of bis arene titanium sources, such as cyclopentadienyl cycloheptatrienyl titanium and bis (benzene) titanium.
摘要:
A method provides acceptable performance from a semiconductor transmitter photonic integrated circuit (TxPIC) that contains a plurality of modulated sources each comprising a laser source and an external modulator where each laser source provides a different emission wavelength and each modulated source forms a separate signal channel, comprising the steps of providing at least some of the signal channels with an extended identical active layer (EIAL) so that the modulated sources each have an identical active region wavelength and detuning the laser emission wavelength in each laser source within the EIAL from the laser active region wavelength.
摘要:
Consistent with the present disclosure, a current blocking layer is provided between output waveguides carrying light to be sensed by the photodiodes in a balanced photodetector, and the photodiodes themselves. Preferably, the photodiodes are provided above the waveguides and sense light through evanescently coupling with the waveguides. In addition, the current blocking layer may include alternating p and n-type conductivity layers, such that, between adjacent ones of such layers, a reverse biased pn-junction is formed. The pn-junctions, therefore, limit the amount of current flowing from one photodiode of the balanced detector to the other, thereby improving performance.
摘要:
A monolithic photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip where the active waveguide cores of the modulated sources of the PIC are multiple quantum wells (MQWs) and the passive waveguide cores of an optical combiner are a bulk layer or material. The cores of the waveguide cores may be a quaternary such as InGaAsP or InAlGaAs.
摘要:
A monolithically integrated electroabsorption modulator/optical amplifier is described which is prepared using a lateral bandgap control technique with a planar III-V compund semiconductor substrate. The described device evidences a bandgap shift in excess of 60 nanometers, so indicating its applicability for integration of modulators and lasers or amplifiers. The device is fabricated by atmospheric pressure metal organic condensed vapor deposition growth of gallium indium arsenise/gallium indium aresenide phosphide strained quantum wells on ridges deposited on the substrate.