Quantum-well electrorefraction and optical waveguide device applications

Jane E. Zucker

doi:10.1117/12.20734

1 October 1990 Quantum-well electrorefraction and optical waveguide device applications

Jane E. Zucker

Proceedings Volume 1283, Quantum Well and Superlattice Physics III; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20734
Event: Advances in Semiconductors and Superconductors: Physics Toward Devices Applications, 1990, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We demonstrate waveguide devices for optical fiber communications that employ unique semiconductor quantum well electrorefractive phenomena. Field- and carrier-induced effects are applied to electro-optic directional coupler switches and interferometric intensity modulators that are considerably more compact than bulk semiconductor waveguide devices. These quantum well waveguide components are -' 500 microns long, suitable for monolithic integration with semiconductor laser diodes, and limited in speed only by RC parasitics.

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Jane E. Zucker "Quantum-well electrorefraction and optical waveguide device applications", Proc. SPIE 1283, Quantum Well and Superlattice Physics III, (1 October 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.20734

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