• DocumentCode
    3638021
  • Title

    Simple electroabsorption model for germanium quantum well devices

  • Author

    Rebecca K. Schaevitz;Elizabeth H. Edwards;Ross M. Audet; Yiwen Rong;Shen Ren;Stephanie A. Claussen;Emel Tasyürek;Jonathan E. Roth;James S. Harris;David A. B. Miller

  • Author_Institution
    Edward L. Ginzton Laboratories, Stanford University, CA 94305-4088, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    109
  • Lastpage
    110
  • Abstract
    We present a simple electroabsorption model for germanium quantum wells to facilitate optical modulator design. We show this model is valid for a range of well sizes with an increased exciton-enhanced absorption for thinner wells.
  • Keywords
    "Absorption","Electric fields","Excitons","Silicon germanium","Modulation","Voltage measurement"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2010 10th International Conference on
  • ISSN
    2158-3234
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7016-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    2158-3234
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NUSOD.2010.5595641
  • Filename
    5595641