Reconfigurable optical interconnection using a two-dimensional vertical to surface transmission electrophotonic device array
- 6 August 1990
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 57 (6) , 540-542
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.103641
Abstract
A dynamic reconfiguration of optical interconnections for enhanced flexibility in photonic switching systems is realized using a two-dimensional vertical to surface transmission electrophotonic (VSTEP) device array. A matrix operational scheme for the VSTEP array is proposed and demonstrated. Through this operation, functions for light emission and for electrically programmable spatial light modulation are obtained in a single chip of the VSTEP array and a high-speed electronic addressing of 1 ns per one line for the matrix is also confirmed.Keywords
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