Demonstration of wide-temperature-range electroabsorption modulation near 1.5 μm using coupled quantum wells

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1429-1433

  Hou, H Q ^a,b   Chang, T Y ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; INSTALLATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; COUPLED QUANTUM WELLS; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0030262794     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/11/10/013     Document Type: Article

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