Recent Progress On Opto-electronics Technology For Future Muti-media World

Opto-e I ect r on i cs techno I og i es are successively penetratina into our life through optical fiber transmission. optical disk applications and so on. In this paper. recent progress on optical fiber transmission is first reviewed and manufacturing technologies for optical modules a nd subsystems are then discussed. Issues related to future trends on optical modules and subsystems will also be discussed. Opto-electronics h as b een expanding its applications area since. for example. the birth of lasers in the e arly 1960's. Among the most brilliant ones are o ptical fiber transmissions, and optical disks. These o p to-e I ectr onics techno 1 og i es can be featured by their high c apacity for data transmission or data storage. These abilities will be i ndispensable for realizing future multi-media world, where audio. video a nd data are t reated freely in an integrated scheme. This paper reviews recent progress on opto- electronics technologies with emphasis on optical fiber transmission. Manufacturing technological issues characteristics to optical components, modules or subsystems will also be discussed.