Title :
All-optical bistable switching in a strained piezoelectric self-electro-optic effect device
Author :
Pabla, A.S. ; Woodhead, J. ; Grey, R. ; Rees, G.J. ; David, J.P.R. ; Pate, M.A. ; Robson, P.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Sheffield Univ.
fDate :
9/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate that symmetric self-electro-optic effect devices which use strained piezoelectric quantum wells can exhibit bistable switching without external bias. A design philosophy and experimental results for InGaAs on (111) GaAs are presented
Keywords :
SEEDs; gallium arsenide; piezoelectric devices; semiconductor quantum wells; (111) GaAs; GaAs; InGaAs-GaAs; SEED; all-optical bistable switching; self-electro-optic effect device; strained piezoelectric quantum wells;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941009
