Title :
Linear differential electro-optic conversion of sampled voltage signals using a MSM and multiple quantum well modulators
Author :
Chin, Henry ; Urata, Ryohei ; Ma, Kai ; Miller, David A B ; Harris, James S., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a photoconductive switch hybridly integrated with quantum-well self-electrooptic effect devices, capable of sampling input voltages with potentially >40-GHz bandwidth and performing differential linear electro-optic conversion at a rate ∼1 gigasample/sec.
Keywords :
SEEDs; electro-optical modulation; electro-optical switches; integrated optics; metal-semiconductor-metal structures; photoconducting switches; quantum well devices; MSM; linear differential electro-optic conversion; multiple quantum well modulators; photoconductive switch; quantum-well self-electrooptic effect devices; Electrooptic modulators; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical buffering; Optical crosstalk; Optical distortion; Optical switches; Photoconductivity; Sampling methods; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1547876
