1.7-ps consecutive switching in an integrated multiple-quantum-well Y-junction optical switch

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1641-1643

  Kan'an, Ayman M ^b   LiKamWa, Patrick ^a,b   Mitra Dutta, ^c   Pamulapati, Jagadeesh ^c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

STARK EFFECT; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0030384019     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.544704     Document Type: Article

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