Title :
Light-controlled optical bistable device by bistable laser diode and heterojunction phototransistor
Author :
Noda, Satoshi ; Yamada, Eiji ; Takayama, Teruou ; Sasaki, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kyoto Univ., Japan
fDate :
7/5/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A light-controlled optical bistable device composed of a bistable laser diode and a heterojunction phototransistor is proposed. It is experimentally shown that the device can operate with a low input power, a high ON-state output power and a wide response wavelength region.
Keywords :
heterojunction bipolar transistors; optical bistability; phototransistors; semiconductor junction lasers; bistable laser diode; heterojunction phototransistor; high ON-state output power; light-controlled optical bistable device; low input power; wide response wavelength region;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900692
