A polarization independent GaAs-AlGaAs electrooptic modulator

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 764-769

  Spickermann, Ralph ^a,b,c,d,e   Peters, Matthew G ^b   Dagli, Nadir ^a,b,f,g  

^a IEEE

^b University of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TELEDYNE SCIENTIFIC COMPANY   (United States)

^f MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; FERMI LEVEL; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

COUPLED MODE THEORY; ELECTROOPTICAL MODULATOR; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER; SINGLE MODE WAVEGUIDE;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0030151293     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.492998     Document Type: Article

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