Large field-induced refractive index change without red shift of absorption edge in five-step asymmetric coupled quantum wells with modified potential

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 639-641

  Feng, H ^a,b   Pang, J P ^a,b   Tada, K ^a,b   Nakano, Y ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Phase modulation; Photorefractive materials devices; Quantum wells; Semiconductor material; Semiconductor waveguide

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXCITONS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE MODULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

FIVE STEP ASYMMETRIC COUPLED QUANTUM WELLS (FACQW); PHOTOREFRACTIVE MATERIALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

EID: 0031140848     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.588172     Document Type: Article

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