High-speed (>40 GHz) integrated electroabsorption modulator based on identical epitaxial layer approach

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 327-329

  Xiong, Bing ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Zhang, Lijiang ^a   Tian, Jianbai ^a   Sun, Changzheng ^a   Luo, Yi ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High speed electroabsorption (EA) modulator; Identical epitaxial layer (IEL) approach; Monolithic integration; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

DRY ETCHING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT MODULATORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

HIGH SPEED ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATOR; IDENTICAL EPITAXIAL LAYER APPROACH; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 13444278923     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.839454     Document Type: Article

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