Addressing and control of high-speed logic circuits with picosecond light pulses
Abstract
Complete logic-level switching in high-speed GaAs field-effect transistor circuits addressed by picosecond light pulses, and logic-function control thereby is demonstrated. Besides their applicability to high-speed data processing in gigahertz-rate communication links, such experiments show potential for contactless diagnostic procedures for test circuits and for picosecond-resolution measurements of on-chip response times of logic gates by means of optical sampling techniques.
- Publication:
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Optics Letters
- Pub Date:
- February 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1364/OL.8.000085
- Bibcode:
- 1983OptL....8...85J
- Keywords:
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- Addressing;
- Gallium Arsenides;
- Logic Circuits;
- Optical Data Processing;
- Picosecond Pulses;
- Time Response;
- Chips (Electronics);
- Communication Networks;
- Data Links;
- Field Effect Transistors;
- High Speed;
- Logical Elements;
- Switching Circuits;
- Temporal Resolution;
- Transistor Circuits;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering;
- OPTOELECTRONICS;
- PICOSECOND PHENOMENA;
- OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS