Title :
Quantum-confined Stark effect electro-absorption modulators for CMOS compatible photonics
Author :
L. Lever;Z. Ikonić;R. W. Kelsall
Author_Institution :
Institute of Microwaves and Photonics, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Abstract :
A design for a quantum-confined Stark effect electro-absorption modulator is described. We use kmiddotp and effective-mass modelling methods to optimise the quantum well dimensions, and employ strain engineering to target 1.3-mum light.
Keywords :
"Stark effect","Optical modulation","Absorption","Charge carrier processes","Quantum well devices","Microwave photonics","Power engineering and energy","Stationary state","Deformable models","Optimization methods"
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP ´09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-209X
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338326
