Proposal of an optical modulator based on resonant tunneling and intersubband transitions

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 224-230

  Holmstrom P ^a   Thylen L ^a   Ekenberg, U ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRON ABSORPTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GROUND STATE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RESONANT TUNNELING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0035250301     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.903072     Document Type: Article

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