Title :
Resonant tunneling diode switched capacitor model of an electroabsorption modulator
Author_Institution :
Essient Photonics Ltd., North Lanarkshire, UK
Abstract :
This paper combines a resonant tunneling diode switched capacitor model of an electroabsorption modulator with standard Franz-Keldysh theory, explaining the measured device performance as the observed ratio of change in absorption coefficient to absorption coefficient.
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; resonant tunnelling diodes; switched capacitor networks; absorption coefficient change; electroabsorption modulator; resonant tunneling diode switched capacitor model; standard Franz-Keldysh theory; Capacitors; Current density; Diodes; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Resonant tunneling devices; Voltage; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
