OEIC on indium phosphide: key components for future photonic networks

For implementation of the photonic networks needed to handle the future growth of data traffic, monolithic optoelectronic integrated circuits are a final solution from both economic and technological points of view. With the first realisation of a complete superheterodyne receiver on a chip, the author's Institute shows that InP integration technology has attained a status which allows manufacture of complex OEICs.