Slope Efficiency and Dynamic Range of Traveling-Wave Multiple-Quantum-Well Electroabsorption Modulators

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 590-592

  Liu, Bin ^a   Shim, Jongin ^a,b   Chiu, Yi Jen ^a   Chou, Hsu Feng ^a   Piprek, Joachim ^a   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analog systems; Electroabsorption; Intermodulation distortion; Modulation transfer functions; Modulators; Optical links

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; INTERMODULATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OPTICAL LINKS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ANALOG SYSTEMS; ELECTROABSORPTION; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 1442312250     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.818918     Document Type: Article

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