• DocumentCode
    2535139
  • Title

    Proposal of Ge/SiGe five-layer asymmetric coupled quantum well for mach-zehnder modulators

  • Author

    Iseri, Yuji ; Arakawa, Taro ; Tada, Kunio ; Haneji, Nobuo

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    4-8 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    307
  • Lastpage
    308
  • Abstract
    A Ge/SiGe five-layer asymmetric coupled quantum well (FACQW) for optical modulators based on phase modulation is proposed and theoretically analyzed. The FACQW is expected to exhibit large electrorefractive index change comparable to InGaAs/InAlAs FACQW.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; optical modulation; phase modulation; refractive index; semiconductor quantum wells; Ge-SiGe; Mach-Zehnder modulators; asymmetric coupled quantum well; electrorefractive index; optical modulators; phase modulation; Absorption; Germanium silicon alloys; High speed optical techniques; Indium compounds; Indium gallium arsenide; Optical interconnections; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Proposals; Silicon germanium; Germanium; Mach-Zehnder modulator; electrorefractive effect; quantum confined Stark effect;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Belek-Antalya
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3680-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343248
  • Filename
    5343248