DocumentCode
983031
Title
Reduction of turn-on delay in laser diode optical switch
Author
Ikeda, M.
Author_Institution
NTT, Musashino Electrical Communication Laboratory, Musashino, Japan
Volume
19
Issue
2
fYear
1983
Firstpage
53
Lastpage
54
Abstract
Switching response time of a semiconductor laser diode (LD) switch is studied. Turn-on delay of the LD switches was reduced to about 1 ns by applying a preshaped gate pulse. Fall time was less than 1 ns.
Keywords
optical communication equipment; semiconductor junction lasers; semiconductor switches; fall time; laser diode optical switch; switching response time; turn on delay reduction;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19830039
Filename
4247205
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