Indium-phosphide (InP)-based semiconductor lasers, detectors and modulators; Silica-on-Silicon integrated Planar Lightguide Circuit (PLC) chips as a component of optical electronics; optical communications components and modules, namely, optical transmitters, optical receivers, optical transceivers or optical transponders; photonics technology devices, namely, integrated InP chips and Silica-on-Silicon PLCs packaged in transmitters, receives, transceivers or transponders