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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1996
Yoshiki Kuhara, Osaka, JP;
Naoyuki Yamabayashi, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Iguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yasushi Fujimura, Osaka, JP;
Hiroo Kanamori, Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Bidirectional optical communication system transmits optical signals with two different wavelengths .lambda..sub.1 and .lambda..sub.2 (.lambda..sub.1 <.lambda..sub.2) between a broadcasting station and a plurality of ONU terminals. Bisecting separation of .lambda..sub.1 and .lambda..sub.2 requires expensive WDMs. .lambda..sub.1 -selective photodiode which absorbs all the .lambda..sub.1 light and allows all the .lambda..sub.2 to pass through is proposed. The energy gap Eg.sub.1 of the light receiving layer is determined to be smaller than hc/.lambda..sub.2 and larger than hc/.lambda..sub.1. The .lambda..sub.1 -selective photodiode and the other photodiode are positioned in series on a beam line, which dispenses with WDMs.