InP-Based Materials and Devices: Physics and Technology (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering)

A comprehensive guide to current techniques, applications, and trends in InP-based technologies.

Introducing one of the hottest technologies in the semiconductor industry, this collection of articles by international leading experts covers the state of the art of indium phosphide (InP)-based materials and devices. From current industry practices to cutting-edge developments to promising research trends, each chapter describes a particular aspect of the technology, giving scientists and engineers the necessary information, including physical principles and technical know-how, to design, apply, and troubleshoot these high-performance, low-cost components for diverse systems-TDM and WDM optical systems or microwave and millimeter-wave systems. The advantages and challenges still to overcome of InP-based semiconductors as compared with the more mature GaAs technology are also thoroughly reviewed. Presented in an easy-to-understand tutorial style, with topics cross-referenced between chapters, InP-Based Materials and Devices features more than 1,500 references as well as 365 figures and tables. Key topics include:
* Basic materials physics involved in a wide range of InP-based compounds.
* Growth of high-purity bulk and heterostructure epitaxy, including MOCVD, MBE, and GS-MBE.
* Hetero-interface control and dry process techniques for device fabrication.
* High-performance heterojunction-FETs and HEMTs as well as HBTs for high-speed IC and MMIC applications.
* Lasers, amplifiers, and modulators as well as photodiodes and receivers for high-speed and WDM networks.
* Optoelectronic integration and packing for functional, low-cost modules.

OSAMU WADA is Group Leader of FESTA Laboratories of The Femtosecond Technology Research Association, Tsukuba, Japan.

HASEGAWA is Director of the Research Center for Interface Quantum Electronics and Professor at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.