Low-voltage high-contrast n-i-p-i-based waveguide modulators with alloyed selective contacts

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1325-1327

  Windisch, R ^a   Kneissl, M ^a   Kiesel, P ^a   Knupfer B ^a   Dohler G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GOLD ALLOYS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NICKEL ALLOYS; OHMIC CONTACTS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION;

ABSORPTION LOSS; CONTRAST RATIO; FRANZ-KELDYSH EFFECT; SELECTIVE CONTACTS; WAVEGUIDE MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0030270387     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.536643     Document Type: Article

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