• DocumentCode
    1104709
  • Title

    131 ps optical modulation in semiconductor multiple quantum wells (MQW´s)

  • Author

    Wood, T.H. ; Burrus, C.A. ; Miller, D.A.B. ; Chemla, D.S. ; Damen, T.C. ; Gossard, A.C. ; Wiegmann, W.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    21
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    2/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    117
  • Lastpage
    118
  • Abstract
    A new optical modulator has been fabricated which uses the recently discovered electroabsorption effect in MQW´s. Optical pulses 131 ps long were generated when the device was driven with 122 ps electrical pulses. The input-output characteristics of the device show that it has low insertion loss with reasonable modulation depth and drive voltage.
  • Keywords
    Gallium materials/devices; Optical modulation/demodulation; Optical pulse generation; Chirp modulation; Electrooptic devices; Electrooptic modulators; Frequency; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical sensors; Phase modulation; Quantum well devices; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1985.1072626
  • Filename
    1072626