• DocumentCode
    2243563
  • Title

    Reducing the oscillator strength in semiconductor quantum dots with a lateral electric field

  • Author

    Bloom, A.R. ; Mirin, R.P. ; Silverman, K.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We modulate the oscillator strength of self-assembled quantum dots embedded in a semiconductor ridge waveguide by applying an electric field with two coplanar contacts. We estimate a 20 % reduction at 40 V.
  • Keywords
    ridge waveguides; semiconductor quantum dots; coplanar contacts; lateral electric field; oscillator strength reduction; self-assembled quantum dots; semiconductor quantum dots; semiconductor ridge waveguide; Absorption; Coplanar waveguides; Electric variables measurement; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Oscillators; Quantum dots; Spectroscopy; Voltage; (230.2090) Electro-optical devices; (230.5590) Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices; (300.6470) Spectroscopy, semiconductors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571767