Device having two optical ports for switching applications

Patent · Tue Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:867997

Rosen, Ayre ^[1]; Stabile, Paul J ^[2]

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1. Cherry Hill, NJ
2. Langehorne, PA

A two-sided light-activatable semiconductor switch device having an optical port on each side thereof. The semiconductor device may be a p-i-n diode or of bulk intrinsic material. A two ported p-i-n diode, reverse-biased to "off" by a 1.3 kV dc power supply, conducted 192 A when activated by two 1 kW laser diode arrays, one for each optical port.

• Research Organization: RCA Corp
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-87SF17127
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 5051789
• Application Number: 07/595,528
• OSTI ID: 867997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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