Abstract
Optoelectronic integrated circuits (OEICs), in which optoelectronic devices are integrated withother optoelectronic and/or electronic devices together, have potential advantages in increasingperformance, manufacturability and functionality over conventional discrete optoelectronic devices.Transmitters and receivers have most been developed, as have been represented by LSI levelintegration of GaAs-based receivers and ultrafast ('5 GHz) operation of In P-based integratedlasers. A variety of optical functions have also been generated by recent researches introducingwaveguide devices as demonstrated in multi-wavelength light sources, coherent optical receiversand laser-based optical logic elements. This paper describes such movements in OEIC researchand discusses possible evolution of OEICs in the future.
