DocumentCode
733580
Title
Impact of the coulomb interaction on the Franz-Keldysh effect in a high-current photodetector
Author
Yue Hu ; Menyuk, Curtis R. ; Hutchinson, Meredith ; Urick, Vincent J. ; Williams, Keith J.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
10-15 May 2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The Franz-Keldysh effect causes semiconductor absorption to oscillate as a function of wavelength. We include this effect in calculating the nonlinear response of a high-current photodectector and obtain excellent agreement with experiments.
Keywords
electro-optical devices; nonlinear optics; photodetectors; Coulomb interaction; Franz-Keldysh effect; high-current photodetector; nonlinear response; semiconductor absorption; Absorption; Effective mass; Indium gallium arsenide; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Photodetectors; Photonics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
7184021
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