Switch energy requirements for first- and second-order perturbations in asymmetric quantum box optical switches

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 562-565

  Palm, Thomas ^b   Thylén, Lars ^a,b   Nilsson, Olle ^a,c   Sahlén, Olof ^d  

^a IEEE

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^d ERICSSON RADIO SYSTEMS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Minimum energy control; Optical switches; Quantum wells; Quantum confined Stark effect

Indexed keywords

CONTROL; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE SHIFT; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

QUANTUM BOXES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0031122102     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.563384     Document Type: Article

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