High-Speed Photonic Devices

Series:
Series in Optics and Optoelectronics
Published:
September 29, 2006 by Taylor & Francis - 253 Pages
Editor(s):
Nadir Dagli, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

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ISBN 9780750308892
Cat# IP369
 

Features

  • Examines the devices used in high bit-rate transmission: transmitters, receivers, electronics, and all-optical techniques
  • Surveys the latest developments in high-speed photonic components, such as polymer modulators, EA modulators, uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes, and high-speed electronic technologies
  • Provides key technologies for very high-speed transmissions, including optical pulse generation, all-optical multiplexing and demultiplexing, optical timing extraction, and optical waveform measurement based on optical sampling
  • Includes numerous figures, equations, and tables to illustrate concepts, formulas, and data

    • Summary

    With the ongoing, worldwide installation of 40 Gbit/s fiber optic transmission systems, there is an urgency to learn more about the photonic devices supporting this technology. Focusing on the components used to generate, modulate, and receive optical signals, High-Speed Photonic Devices presents the state-of- the-art enabling technologies behind high-speed telecommunication systems.

    Written by experts in the field, the book explores high-speed transmitters, receivers, electronics, and all-optical techniques. Following a brief introduction of the devices, the subsequent chapters cover…

  • High-speed, low-driving voltage electroabsorption modulators and their integration with distributed-feedback lasers for high-bitrate and long-haul optical fiber transmission systems
  • Linear electro-optic Ti-diffused LiNbO3 devices, specifically, traveling-wave high-speed modulators
  • III-V compound semiconductor electro-optic modulators
  • High-speed polymer device technology and numerous examples of new material combinations
  • Fundamental physical processes used in common photodetectors as well as some emerging photodetector designs
  • High-speed electronic devices and integrated circuit technologies for very high-speed future lightwave communication systems
  • Very high-speed all-optical technologies required for multi-terabit/s optical fiber transmission systems.

    Although it is hard to predict which particular technology will prevail in the future, you can be sure that the systems discussed in High-Speed Photonic Devices will help pave the way for low-cost, high-performance fiber optic networks that will cover the entire globe. This improved and easily accessible communications capability will no doubt better the quality of life for everyone.

    • Table of Contents

    Introduction
    Nadir Dagli

    Electroabsorption (EA) Modulators and EA Modulators
    Monolithically Integrated with Distributed-Feedback Lasers
    Koichi Wakita

    High-Speed LiNbO3 Optical Modulators
    Osamu Mitomi

    III-V Compound Semiconductor Electro-Optic Modulators
    Nadir Dagli

    High-Speed Polymer Optical Modulators and Their Applications
    Harold R. Fetterman and William H. Steier

    High-Speed Photodetectors and Photoreceivers
    Patrick Fay

    IC Technologies for Future Lightwave Communication Systems
    Taiichi Otsuji

    High-Speed All-Optical Technologies for Photonics
    Masatoshi Saruwatari

    Index

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