High speed optoelectronic components, subsystems and modules for use in telecommunication networks and test and measurement equipment, namely, modulators for transmitting photonic signals, lasers for transmitting photonic wavelengths, optical detectors for the detection of photonic signals, transceivers and transponders for transmitting, receiving and processing photonics signals, receivers, amplifiers, dispersion compensators used for extending the reach of the optical networking path, optical isolators, dense wave-division multiplexers, transimpedence amplifiers, limiting amplifiers, automatic gain controllers, preamplifiers, multiplex/de-multiplex electronics, clock and data recovery processors, namely, signal processors, digital framers, attenuators, optical filters, electronic filters, optical switches, wavelength management devices, namely, those used in the sorting, splitting, guiding, coupling and processing of the optical wavelength, optical signal processors or planar optical processors, optical couplers, add-drop multiplexers, tunable filters, semiconductors, optoelectronic chips, namely, integrated circuits, semiconductor assemblies and optoelectronic components for optical communications; telecommunications and data networking equipment, namely, optical network hardware, namely, line transmission devices used for optical switching, optical transmission, optical amplification, optical regeneration, optical multiplexing, and optical aggregation