Author Affiliations

William T. Rhodes,¹ Karl-Heinz Brenner,² and John T. Sheridan³

¹Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, GA, 30332-0250

²Universität Mannheim, Lehrstuhl für Optoelektronik, B6, 23-29, Zi. C 3.11, 68131 Mannheim, Germany

³University College Dublin, Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland

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