High-Speed Optoelectronics
Research on optoelectronic devices and their applications is
being carried out by Professor DeFonzo and his students in
the Very High Speed Integrated Devices (VHSID)
Laboratory. Recent work has focused on heterostructure
junction devices with picosecond and sub-picosecond
switching times, optical impulse response of semiconductor
lasers, optical generation of millimeter wavelength signals,
and radiation properties of optoelectronic antennas.
Funding for this work comes from the Rome Air
Development Center, Air Force Office of Scientific Research,
and the National Science Foundation.
Very High Speed Integrated Devices (VHSID) Facilities.
The VHSID Laboratory is located in Room 15-A of
Marcus Hall. The laboratory includes a fully outfitted
optoelectronics laboratory capable of characterizing
phenomena with spatial resolutions of less than 1
micron and time resolutions less than 100
femtoseconds. This facility is comprised of various solid state,
dye, ion and solid state lasers, precision optical
componentry, automatic control and actuators,
spectrometers, high-speed electronic test
instrumentation, and data acquisition systems.