Signal-monitoring characteristics for laser-diode optical switches
- 1 August 1985
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Journal of Lightwave Technology
- Vol. 3 (4), 909-913
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jlt.1985.1074278
Abstract
Signal-monitoring characteristics of terminal voltage change across laser-diode optical switches (LDSW) have been studied. The terminal voltage changes are caused by the photovoltaic effect in the OFF state and by the quasi-Fermi level change in the ON state. The baseband frequency response characteristics are analyzed by small-signal analysis and coincide well with the measured characteristics. The 6-dB down frequency response bandwidths are verified to be very wide in both the ON and OFF states.Keywords
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