Article history: Received: 14.01.2014. Received in revised form: 01.03.2014. Accepted: 12.03.2014. Optoelectronic coupler, characterized by long life and high reliability, is one typical kind of optoelectronic devices. Accelerated degradation testing is mostly utilized to assess optoelectronic coupler storage life. However, in engineering, integrated optoelectronic coupler may be nagged with th...

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