Acoustooptic interactions in AlGaAs-GaAs planar multilayer waveguide structures

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1601-1607

  Thompson, Cameron ^a,b,c,d   Weiss, Bernard L ^{a,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Acoustics   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^h DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^j Inst of Electrical Engineering

^k Institute of Electrical Engineering ^*

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Author keywords

Acoustooptic diffraction; Electrooptic materials; Optical planar waveguides; Quantum wells; Semiconductor waveguides; Surface acoustic waves

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTOOPTICAL DEVICES; ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROOPTICAL MATERIALS; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ACOUSTOOPTIC DIFFRACTION; PLANAR MULTILAYER WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0031235539     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.622642     Document Type: Article

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