FABRICATION, INVESTIGATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF GALLIUM-ARSENIDE OPTICAL BISTABLE DEVICES AND LOGIC GATES.
Issue Date
1984Keywords
Gallium arsenide semiconductors.Integrated optics.
Logic design.
Optical bistability.
Optical data processing.
Advisor
Gibbs, Hyatt M.Metadata
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The University of Arizona.Rights
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The fundamental components for processing all-optically represented data, namely optical switches and logic gates are investigated. Improved techniques for fabricating nonlinear Fabry-Perot etalons containing GaAs have brought a proliferation of GaAs optical bistable devices. These devices show significant improvements in speed, power requirements, operating temperature and thermal stability. Experiments verify predictions that one can operate a single nonlinear etalon as optical logic gates or two such etalons as a flip-flop. Optimization of the logic gates is then discussed from a systems approach.Type
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Degree Name
Ph.D.Degree Level
doctoralDegree Program
Optical SciencesGraduate College