• 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