Polarization-independent waveguide modulators using 1.57-μm δ-strained InGaAs-InGaAsP quantum wells

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 554-556

  Bartolo, R E ^a   Saini, S S ^a   Ren, T ^a   Zhu, Y ^a   Dagenais, M ^a   Shen, H ^b   Pamulapati, J ^b   Zhou, W ^b   King, O ^c   Johnson, F G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

QUANTUM-CONFINED STARK EFFECTS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0032628876     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.759396     Document Type: Article

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