Devices for High-Rate Optical Comunications
{'Code': '07010000', 'Directorate': {'LongName': 'Directorate For Engineering'}, 'Division': {'LongName': 'Div Of Electrical, Commun & Cyber Sys'}}
{'SignBlockName': 'Athena C. Harvey'}
It is widely believed that integrated optoelectronic devices of gallium-        arsenide semiconductors will dominate high-bit-rate optical                     communication systems.  It is also quite likely that this dominance will        extend to high speed computers and processors.  This proposal should            develop groundwork to answer important questions about the eventual             practicality of all-optical devices for the above applications.                                                                                                 One objective of the proposed project is to use quantum well structures         in novel new device structures in order to provide new planar guided            wave optics components for use in high rate data optical signal                 processing.  A second objective will be the development of molecular            beam epitaxy (MBE) grown quantum well and heterostructure waveguides            devices.  The primary contribution of the second objective will be the          extension of quantum well based optical communications and signal               processing to a longer wavelength region (1.0 to 1.6 micrometer).                                                                                               The PIs are considered to be extremely well qualified to carry out the          proposed research and I recommend funding of this project for three             years in accordance with the budge submitted with the proposal.
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{'Name': 'Massachusetts Institute of Technology', 'CityName': 'Cambridge', 'ZipCode': '021394301', 'PhoneNumber': '6172531000', 'StreetAddress': '77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE', 'CountryName': 'United States', 'StateName': 'Massachusetts', 'StateCode': 'MA'}
{'Code': '1517', 'Text': 'ELECT, PHOTONICS, & MAG DEVICE'}
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