Large field-induced refractive- index change on TM-polarized light in an InGaAlAs-InAlAs MQW waveguide structure

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-202

  Yoshimoto, Naoto ^a   Yamanaka, Takayuki ^a   Kondo, Susumu ^a   Noguchi, Yoshio ^a   Wakita, K ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field induced refractive index; MQW waveguides; Phase modulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LOSSES; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHASE MODULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

FIELD INDUCED ABSORPTION; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL (MQW) WAVEGUIDES; QUANTUM CONFINED STARK EFFECT (QCSE); TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC (TE) POLARIZATION; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC (TM) POLARIZATION;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031076762     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.553091     Document Type: Article

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