Photonics at Sandia National Laboratories: applying device technology to communication systems

Author

Carson, Richard F.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., USA

Volume

3

fYear

1995

fDate

35011

Firstpage

1274

Abstract

Photonic device activities at Sandia National Laboratories are founded on an extensive materials research program that has expanded to include device development, and an applications focus that heavily emphasizes communications and interconnects. The resulting program spans a full range of photonics research, development, and applications projects, from materials synthesis and device fabrication to packaging, test, and subsystem development. The heart of this effort is the Compound Semiconductor Research Laboratory which was established in 1988 to bring together device and materials research and development to support Sandia´s role in weapons technologies. This paper presents an overview of Sandia´s photonics program and its directions, using three communications-based applications as examples

Keywords

integrated circuit packaging; materials science; military communication; military equipment; optical interconnections; photonic switching systems; research initiatives; weapons; Compound Semiconductor Research Laboratory; Sandia National Laboratories; applications projects; communication systems; communications based applications; device development; device fabrication; device technology; interconnects; materials research program; materials synthesis; packaging; photonic devices; photonics program; photonics research; subsystem development; testing; weapons technologies; Communications technology; Electronics packaging; Integrated circuit interconnections; Laboratories; Materials testing; Optical modulation; Photonics; Semiconductor materials; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1995. MILCOM '95, Conference Record, IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2489-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1995.483700

Filename

483700