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1 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Hill ANNUAL MEETING IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1996 Annual Meeting November 1996 Volume 2 Wednesday - Thursday November 1996 The Westin Hotel Boston Copley Place Boston, MA IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN: Library of Congress: 96CH G Softbouad Edition Casebouid Edition Microfiche Edition UNIVERSITATSBIBUOTHEK HANNOVER TECHNISCHE INFORMATIONSBIBLIOTHEK

2 WEDNESDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 1996 WAI Parallel Optical Interconnect - A Cost Performance Breakthrough 3 WA2 Future Technology Options for Optical Interconnections 5 WA3 Applications of Parallel Optical Interconnects 6 WB1 Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers 8 WB2 Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers 9 WB3 Evaluation of Gain Saturation Behavior in Traveling Wave Semiconductor Amplifiers 11 WB4 A Novel Structure of Delta-Strained Quantum Well for Polarization Insensitive Semiconductor Devices at 1.55um 13 WC1 Poled Fibre Devices : 15 WC2 Spatial Switching of Solitary Waves in KTP 16 WC3 Measurement of Large Electro-Optic Coefficient in Epitaxial Thin Films of Strontium Barium Niobate (SBN:75) 18 WC4 Nonlinear Correction of a Light Beam Shape in Photorefractive Optical Waveguides 20 WD1 Multi Wavelength YAG:Nd/Ho Laser Surgery Setups 22 WD2 Self-Frequency-Locked Multi-Wavelength Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Laser 24 WD3 Suppression of Ion-Pair Induced Self-Pulsing in Er-Doped Fiber Lasers 26 WD4 Dynamics of Passive Modelocking with Saturable Bragg Reflector (SBR) in Fiber Lasers 28 WD5 Passively Q-Switched, Eyesafe Erbium Lasers 30 WEI Planar Devices for Wavelength Multiplexing 32 WE2 Ultra-Strong UV Written Gratings in PECVD Grown Ge Doped Silica Waveguides with no Hydrogen Loading 34 WE3 Beam Propagation Method Modelling of Optical Fibers Based on Tapered Fibers 36 WE4 Single Mode Tapered Polymer Waveguides for Mode Conversion 38 WE5 Microject Printing of Micro-Optical Waveguides 40 WE6 Finite-Element Modeling of 2x2 Fused-Fiber Couplers 42 WF1 Packaging Technologies for Optoelectronics in the New Millennium 44 WF2 High Reliability 1.3 urn InP Based Uncooled Lasers in Non- Hermetic Packages 46 WF3 Solutions to the Fabrication Problems of Hybrid Optoelectronic VLSI CMOS Chips 48 WG1 Fiber Optic Techniques for Microwaves 50 WG2 Phased Array Radar Control Using Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Devices 52 WG3 Optically-Controlled Serially-Fed Phased Array System 54 VII

3 WHl Overview of Multiwavelength Optical Networking (MONET) Program 56 WH2 The National Transparent Optical Network (NTON): Moving Key WDM Technologies off the Lab Bench into Public & Private Networks 58 WH3 National Scale Optical Networking: The MONET Long-Distance Testbed 60 WI1 Optical Interconnections for the Massively Parallel Computer 61 WI2 GByte-Class Skewless Parallel-Optical-Data-Link Subsystem 63 WI3 Parallel Interconnect Using 1.3-jim Laser and Multimode Fiber Array 65 WI4 800 Mbit/s/ch-10 Channel Fully-Integrated Low-Skew Optical Modules for Optical Subsystem Interconnections 67 WI5 12-Channel Fully-Integrated CMOS-Interface Optical Interconnect Modules with an Operating Voltage of+3.3 V 69 WI6 Modal Noise in 2.5 Gbit/s Data Links with Oxidized VCSELs 71 WI7 2.5 Gbit/s Data Rate Transmission Using Low Threshold GaAs (X=83O nm) VCSELs 73 WJ1 Small-Astigmatism, Low-Noise and High-Power Self-Sustained Pulsation MQW Laser Diodes with a Real Refractive Index Guided Self-Aligned Structure 75 WJ2 Spectral Collapse and Self-Sustained-Pulsation in Ridge Wave-guide Diode Lasers 77 WJ3 Mode-Locking at Very High Repetition Rates in Multi-Contact DBR Laser Diodes 79 WJ4 Picosecond Visible Light Pulse Generation Using Q-Switching in (Galn)P Laser Diode 81 WJ5 High Rate Pulses from Mode-Locked Semiconductor Laser Diodes with DBR 82 WK1 All-Optical Serial Processing in loogbit/s Fiber Networks.84 WK2 Ultrafast Photonic Data Networks 86 WK3 Nonlinear Fiber Devices 88 WL1 Global Resource Management: A Systems Approach to Environmental Problems 90 WL2 Remote Monitoring of In Situ Soil and Groundwater Contaminants 91 WL3 Tunable Infrared Laser Differential Absorption Spectroscopy (TILDAS) Monitors for Atmospheric Trace Gases 92 WM1 Solid State Single Mode Fiber Optic lxn Switches 93 WM2 A Domain-Reversed AB-Switch with Uniform Electrodes 95 WM3 In Traveling Wave Modulators Which Velocity to Match? 97 WM4 Bandpass Traveling-Wave Modulator in UNbO3 with a Domain Reversal 99 WM5 Novel Traveling Wave-HPT Technology with Integrated Polyimide Optical Waveguides 101 WN1 A Generic Technology for Low Cost Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices 103 WN2 Solving Packaging Issues for Low-Cost Si Integrated Optical Components 105 WN3 Flip-Chip Bonding of High-Speed Laser Diodes 107

4 WOl Ultrafast Time-Division Multiplexed Multi-Access Networks 109 WO2 Sensitivity Improvement for NRZ Optical Systems Using NALM and Narrow-Band Filter Ill WO3 All Optical Non-Return-to-Zero to Pseudo-Return-to-Zero Signal Conversion for all Optical Clock Recovery 113 WO4 Novel Synchronization Code for a Photonic Packet 115 WO5 Optical Packet Compressor Operating at 100 Gb/s 117 WP1 Standardization Impact on Optical Networking Development 119 WP2 Optical Networking: Technology and Network Management 121 WP3 A PC-based Method for the Localisation and Quantization of Faults in Passive Tree-Structured Optical Networks Using the OTDR Technique 122 WQ1 Recent Advance on Selective MOVPE Technique for Photonic Integrated Circuits 124 WQ2 Selective Area Bandgap Control During MBE Growth of InGaAs/InAlAs QW for Optoelectronic Device Applications 126 WQ3 1.4um Strained-Layer InGaAs-GaAs-InGaP SQW Lasers on Ternary In0.03Ga0.97As Substrates by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition 128 WQ4 Growth and Analysis of a Direct Band-Gap Light-Emitting Structure on Gallium Phosphide 130 WQ5 InGaAs GRINSCH-SQW Lasers with Novel Carbon Delta Doped Contact Layer 132 WR1 Reduced Thermal Cross-Talk in Angled Etched Facet Individually Addressable Laser Arrays 134 WR2 Design of Minimum Threshold Current Triangular Ring Lasers 136 WR3 CW Operation of a Monolithically Integratable Two-Mode Cross- Coupled Optical Flip-Flop with Etched Laser Mirrors 138 WR4 A Design of Polygonal Micro-Ring Cavities for Photonic Integrated Circuits 140 WR5 High Brightness Curved-Facet Laser Diodes Operating at 980 nm 142 WR6 Spectrally Resolved Near-Field Images of Unstable Resonator Diode Lasers and Their Application to the Measurement of Refractive Index 144 WS1 Packaging Issues for Optical Time Division Multiplexed Networks 146 WS2 All Optical Waveguide Devices Based on Multiple Quantum Wells 147 WS3 Ultrafast Ail-Optically Controlled 2x2 Crossbar Switch 149 WT1 Scaling Yb:YAG Lasers to Kilowatt Powers 151 WT2 High-Average-Power Diode-Pumped Solid-State Lasers for Industrial and Military Applications 153 WT3 Kilowatt -Class Diode-Pumped Industrial Lasers 155 WU1 InP/InGaAsP Photonic Integrated Broadly Tunable Receivers Based on Grating-Assisted Codirectional Coupler Optical Filter 157 WU2 Multiple-Pitch Gratings for WDM Devices Generated by Single Computer-Generated Phase Mask 159 ix

5 WU3 Absolute Optical Frequency Assignment in WDM Network: Standards and Sources 161 WU4 Progress in Acousto-Optic Filter Technology: For WDM Switches 163 WV1 Manufacturing Infrastructure for Optoelectronics 165 WV2 Key Challenges and Results of VCSELs in Data Links 167 WV3 Laser Micromachining of Polymer Waveguides for Low Cost Passive Alignment to VCSELs 169 WW1 Comparative Performance of Lightwave Systems Using Electro- Absorption Modulators and Semiconductor Mach-Zehnder Modulators 170 WW2 Wavelength Division Bidirectional Optical Cross-Connection Experiment Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers 172 WW3 Effects of Velocity Mismatch and Transit Time on Linearized Electro-Optic Modulators 174 WW4 Modulation Circuit Design for Chirp-Suppressed IM and Intensity Fluctuation-Suppressed FM with Multi-Electrode DFB Lasers 176 WW5 Low Reflectance Internal Mirrors 178 WX1 Dynamic Channel Equalization in Reconfigurable WDM Networks Using Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters WX2 Optical Network Access Module Technology and Integration 182 WX3 AWG Based WDM Upgrade of a PON 183 WX4 Design and Analysis of Wavelength Division Multiplex (WDM) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) Hybrids (WCH) 185 WY1 Micromachining for Optoelectronic Systems 187 WY2 Growth of Defect-Free Butt-Coupled InGaAsP/InGaAsP Strain Compensated Multiple Quantum Well by Metal-Organic Vapor Phase Epitaxy 189 WY3 1.3um Polarization Insensitive Tapered Waveguide Mode Conversion Structures with Mixed Quantum Well Active Regions 191 WY4 Characteristics of Low Threshold 1.3um Lasers Grown by Solid Source Molecular Beam Epitaxy 193 WY5 In Situ Thickness Monitoring and Adjusting During MBE Growth for 980 run VCSEL 195 WY6 Spectral Characteristics of Low Threshold Microdisks 197 WZ1 Mid-IR Interband Cascade Light Emitting Diodes Based on Type-II Quantum Wells 199 WZ2 Room-Temperature Mid-IR Semiconductor Lasers 201 WZ3 Dual Channel WDM Source with Monolithically Integrated Electroabsorption Modulators and Y-Junction Coupler by Selective- Area MOCVD 203 WZ4 Proposal of an AlAs-Oxide Current Confinement Structure for GalnAs/AlGalnAs Long Wavelength Surface Emitting Lasers 205 WZ5 A New Design for Tapered-Geometry High-Power Semiconductor Optical Sources 207

6 XI WAAl HBT Technologies and Circuits for TDM and WDM Optical Networks 209 WAA2 Nonlinear Liquid Crystal Optical Fiber Array for All-Optical Switching/Limiting 211 WAA3 Fundamental Switching Contrast and Extinction Ratio Degradations in Ultrafast All-Optical Switching Using Nonlinear Optical Loop Mirrors 213 WAA4 Femtosecond Pulse Imaging by Nonlinear Optical Three-Wave Mixing 215 WBB1 The Beamlet Laser System as a Prototype for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) 217 WBB2 High-Gain, Nd-Doped-Glass Preamplifier for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) Laser System 218 WBB3 Laser Guide Star Requirements 220 WBB4 High Average Power Diode Array Pumped Frequency Doubled YAG Laser 222 WBB5 Improvement of Beam Quality of a Nd:Glass Laser by Coupling with a Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Cell 224 WCC1 A Robust Design for Flattening the Channel Passband of Wavelength Multiplexers and Demultiplexers.226 WCC2 High Performance Polarization-Independent WDM Filtering Using an InP Reflective Arrayed Waveguide Grating 228 WCC3 Electronically Tunable Mach-Zehnder Polarization Splitter 230 WCC4 Sputtered-Magnet Mach-Zehnder Waveguide Isolator 232 WCC5 Fabrication of Ultra-Thin Optical Polarizing Films Consisting of Stretched Multilayers of Gold Island Films 234 WCC6 Vertical Cavity Polarization Detectors 236 WDD1 A Computer Vision Based Machine for Automated Packaging of Photonics Components 238 WDD2 Fabrication of logps Laser Diode Module Using Laser Welding Technique 240 WDD3 Thermally Induced Stresses in Semiconductor Laser Packaging 242 WDD4 Transmissive Fiber Optic Packaging for Reflective Modulators 244 WDD5 The Shrinkageless Technology of the Laser Pigtails Packaging 246 WEE1 Extraction of DFB Laser Rate Equation Parameters for System Simulation Purposes 248 WEE2 Application of Optical Preamplification to Optimize Receiver Sensitivity in Spectrum-Sliced WDM Communication Systems 250 WEE3 Rigorous Assessment of Intersymbol Interference Impact on the Performance of Optically Preamplified Receivers 252 WEE4 High-Sensitivity Semiconductor Optically Preamplified 25 GHz Receiver 254 WEE5 Tunable Filters with an Ultrawide Tuning Range 256 WEE6 Temperature Influence on an Optical Universal Compensator for Polarization Changes Induced by Birefringence on a Retracing Beam 258 WFF1 Comeal Ablation Research at the FDA 260 WFF2 Photolithography at 193nm 261 WFF3 Formation of Very Low-Resistance Aluminum Layer on AIN Ceramics by TEA CO2 Laser Irradiation for Direct Laser Writing of Electric Circuit 262

7 WFF4 An Electro-Optical Modulator Utilizing High-Energy Electrons in the Free-Space 264 THURSDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 1996 ThAl Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers and Smart Pixels for Optical Interconnection Systems 269 ThA2 Monolithic Integration of an Array of Multiple-Wavelength Vertical-Cavity Lasers with a Refractive Microlens for Optical Interconnections 271 ThA3 Monolithic Integration and Individually-Optimized Operation of InO.2GaO.8As Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers and Resonance- Enhanced Quantum-Well Photodetectors 273 ThA4 Novel "p-encapsulated" InP JFETs with Very Low Leakage for Optoelectronic Integration with Infrared Focal Plane Arrays 275 ThA5 An 8x8 Array of Resonant Cavity Enhanced Light Emitting Diodes Integrated Onto Silicon Grayscale (32 Level) Driver Circuitry 277 ThBl Partly Gain-Coupled DFB Lasers with Periodically Etched Quantum Wells 279 ThB2 High Performance AlGalnAs/InP Strained MQW Lasers for Optical Communication 281 ThB3 High Side Mode Suppression in Gain-Coupled DFB Lasers 282 ThB4 Unstable Characteristics of Complex Coupled Laser Diode with InGaAs Absorptive Grating 284 ThCl Semiconductor Laser Bifurcations 286 ThC2 Dynamics of Power Dropout Events in Semiconductor Lasers with Optical Feedback 288 ThC3 Nonlinear Dynamics of Semiconductor Laser Arrays 290 ThDl Wafer-Scale Production of LEDs via Wafer-Bonding: Achievements and Challenges 292 ThD2 Tunable Long Wavelength LED Using Wafer Bonding and Micromachining Technologies 294 ThD3 Direct Bonding of High Quality InP on Si and its Application to Optoelectronic Devices 296 ThEl Nonlinear Processes with X-rays 298 ThE2 A Model for Plasma Formation in Reflective Axicon and Tube for a Proposed Ne- Like Argon Laser at 46.9 ran 300 ThE3 Achievement of the Saturation Limit and Double Pass Amplification in a Discharge Pumped Soft X-Ray Amplifier 302 ThE4 Study of the Spatial Coherence of the VUV Xe2+ Auger Laser by Holographic Imaging 304 ThFl Gain Equalization in Optical Fiber Systems 306 ThF2 A New Tunable Optical Filter Based on the Faraday Effect on a Bragg Grating 307 ThF3 A Polarization-Independent Coupled-Waveguide Grating Resonator Filter 309 ThF4 Fiber Gratings as an Enabling Technology for Systems 311 ThGl Hypermedia Photonic Information Network Based on WDM-SCM Broadcast-and-Select Switching 312

8 ThG2 ThG3 ThG4 ThG5 ThHl ThH2 ThH3 ThH4 ThH5 ThH6 Thll ThI2 ThI3 ThI4 ThI5 ThJl ThJ2 ThJ3 ThJ4 ThKl ThK2 ThK3 TDM with WDM Hybrid Photonic ATM Switch 314 Modularity Requirements for Optical Cross-Connects in Transport Networks 316 Impact of Crosstalk on the Performance of Multi-Wavelength Optical Cross-Connected Networks Using Deflection Routing 318 Cross-Talk Effects in Fibre Feedback Buffer Memories with Single- Substrate Space Switches 320 Applications of Cascading Nonlinear Optics to All-Optical Devices 322 An Integrated Multiple Quantum Well Y-Junction Optical Switch for Ultrafast Consecutive Switching..324 Generation of Millimeter Waves in Epitaxial Lift-off HEMTs to 94 GHz 326 Near-Unipolar Differential Absorption in Narrow Coupled Quantum Wells: A Potential Mechanism for Enhanced Electrorefraction 328 Large-Area InAlAs/InGaAs Schottky Bfcrrier Enhanced Metal Semiconductor Metal Photodiode with Low Dark Current 330 Fabrication of Planar InP/InGaAs Avalanche Photodiode without Guard Rings 332 logb/s Direct Modulation of Semiconductor Lasers 334 Performance Study of a 10-Wavelength DFB Laser Array with Integrated Electroabsorption Modulators.335 Influence of Blue-Shifted Energy in the Spectrum for 1.5 um AlInGaAs/InP MQW DFB Lasers on Dispersion Penalty in 2.5 Gbit/s Systems 337 Timing Synchronization of Optical Pulse Train from Passively Mode-Locked Semiconductor Lasers by Phase-Locked Loop 339 Design and Characterization of a Laser Diode Pumped External Cavity for Particle Measurement Applications 341 Diode Lasers With Optical Feedback and Injection: Similarities and Differences 343 Polarization Bistability of Vertical Cavity Lasers Under External Optical Injection 345 Quantum State Preparation and Measurement 347 Nonperturbative Theory of Cavity-Controlled Spontaneous Emission of Two Level Atom in Microcavity 349 Nonlinear Optical Devices for WDM System Applications Realized by Wafer-Bonding 350 Misaligned (or Twist) Wafer-Bonding: A New Technology for Making III-V Compliant Substrates 352 Wafer Bonded All-Optical Switching Devices 354 ThLl New Developments in the Physics and Capabilities of VUV and XUV FELs 356 ThL2 Progress in All-Solid-State Deep-Ultraviolet Lasers 358 ThL3 Advanced Resonator Technology for High Brightness Lasers 360 ThMl Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers for Multiwave Lightwave Networks: Impact of the Non-Flat Gain Spectrum 362 ThM2 Linearizing High Performance Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers: Techniques and Performance 363 XIII

9 ThM3 Modeling of Gain Dynamics in Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers 365 ThM4 Distortion and Crosstalk Reduction in Semiconductor Laser Amplifier for WDM Systems 367 ThNl Access Networks for Personal Communication Systems 369 ThN2 Transmission of Sub-Carrier Multiplexed Analog Signals Through the Optical Transport Network 371 ThN3 Phase Noise in Coherent Analog AM-WIRNA Optical Links 373 ThN4 Design of an Analog Optical Link with Low Noise Figure 375 ThOl Future of Lightwave High Capacity Systems 377 ThO2 All-Optical TDM Transmission Technology fortbit/s Network 378 ThO3 Fiber Devices for Short Pulse Communication Systems 379 ThPl Laser Induced Quantum Well Intermixing for Optoelectronic Devices 380 ThP2 Device Characterization for Optimization of High Performance Semiconductor Laser Devices 382 ThP3 Improved Modulation Bandwidth of Strained Quantum Well Lasers by Coupled with n-type 6-Doped Layer 384 ThQl The Effects of Strain and Crystallographic Orientation on Nonlinearities in Quantum Well Devices 386 ThQ2 Optical Properties and Nonlinear Effects in Strain Engineered Semiconductor Heterostructures 388 ThQ3 Nonlinear and Linear Properties of Silicon Nanoclusters 390 ThQ4 Excitonic Absorption Saturation in a Strain-Balanced InGaAs/InAsP MQW 392 ThRl The Physics and Technology of cw RF-Excited Ar-He-Xe Laser with Output Power Density of 0.5W/cm ThR2 Planar and Annular Waveguide Lasers 395 ThR3 Measurement of F- Ion Density in a Discharge-Pumped ArF Excimer Laser Plasma 397 ThR4 A Self-Heating Low Current He-Se Laser Tube 399 ThSl Current Trends in Access Technologies 401 ThS2 Simulation of M-QAM Compressed Digital Video Signals Transmission for CATV Distribution Networks Using Semiconductor Optical Amplifier as an External Modulator 402 ThS3 EDFA for SCM Transmission Systems 404 ThS4 Impact of Non-Linear Distortions on Different Modulation Schemes in Analog CATV Distribution Systems 406 ThS5 Dispersion Limited Fiber-Optic CDMA Systems with Overlapped Signature Sequences 408 ThTl 30 Gbit TDM Components and Transmission Experiments 410 ThT2 Devices for 100 Gb/s Communications 412 ThUl WDM Components for Local Access 413

10 ThU2 Highly-Reliable, High-Performance 1.3 um Low-Cost Laser Diodes for Fiber-to-The-Home Applications415 ThU3 Correlation of Light- to Heavy-Hole Valence Band Splitting with Performance of 1.3pm Uncooled Tensile-Strained AlInGaAs/InP MQW FP Lasers 417 ThU4 Wavelength Trimming of Distributed-Feedback Lasers by Photo- Absorption-Induced Disordering 419 ThU5 Device Performance of SI-PBH DFB-LD with Undulation of SL-MQW Layers 421 ThVl Mid-Infrared Femtosecond Pulses Obtained by Optical Rectification of 10-fs Optical Pulses 423 ThV2 Generation and Propagation of Ultrashort Pulses in Nonlinear Media 425 ThV3 Atoms, Molecules, and Quantum Wells: What one Teaches us About the Other 427 ThWl Metrology with IR Gas Lasers: Frequency Measurements of Fluorescence-Stabilized Co2 and N2O Lasers.429 ThW2 Optical Amplification by Dynamical Gratings 430 ThW3 Generation of Coherent Ultraviolet Emission by Atomic Wavepackets 431 ThW4 Parametric Study of Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing and Phase Conjugation of CO2 and CO Lasers Radiation in Their Inverted Medium 433 Author Index 434 XV

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