Experimental optimisation of MQW electroabsorption modulators with up to 40 GHz bandwidths

Electronics Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 1994, Pages 1347-1348

  Devaux, F ^a   Bordes, P ^a   Qugazzaden, A ^a   Carre M ^a   Huet, F ^a  

^a ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

Electroabsorption modulators; Semiconductor quantum wells

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; OPTICAL FIBRE TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0028764331     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19940849     Document Type: Article

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