Title :
From Visible Light-Emitting Diodes to Large-Scale III–V Photonic Integrated Circuits
Author :
Kish, Fred ; Nagarajan, Radhakrishnan ; Welch, David ; Evans, Pete ; Rossi, J. ; Pleumeekers, Jacco ; Dentai, Andrew ; Kato, Masaaki ; Corzine, Scott ; Muthiah, Ranjani ; Ziari, Mehrdad ; Schneider, R. ; Reffle, Mike ; Butrie, Tim ; Lambert, Damien ; Miss
Author_Institution :
Infinera Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
The discovery of the visible light-emitting diode (LED) 50 years ago by Holonyak and Bevacqua and the associated demonstration of the viability of the III-V semiconductor alloy created a foundational basis for the field of optoelectronics. Key advances which enabled the progression from the first visible LED to today´s III-V photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are described. Furthermore, the current state-of-the-art 500-Gb/s and 1-Tb/s large-scale InP transmitter and receiver PICs and their essential role in the optical communications networks are reviewed.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; light emitting diodes; optical receivers; optical transmitters; III-V semiconductor alloy; InP; bit rate 1 Tbit/s; bit rate 500 Gbit/s; large-scale III-V photonic integrated circuits; large-scale InP receiver PIC; large-scale InP transmitter PIC; optical communication networks; optoelectronics; visible LED; visible light-emitting diodes; Diode lasers; Epitaxial growth; Integrated circuits; Light emitting diodes; Photonic integrated circuits; Semiconductor lasers; Transistors; Light-emitting diodes (LEDs); optical receivers; optical transmitters; photonic integrated circuits (PICs);
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPROC.2013.2275018
