Limits to modulation rates of electroabsorption modulators

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 400-405

  Forsberg, Erik ^a   Hessmo, Björn ^a   Thylén, Lars ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adiabatic approximation; Electroabsorption; Intersubband transitions; Optical modulation; Two level system; UHF modulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; MICROWAVES; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ADIABATIC APPROXIMATION; ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS; TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 1942521070     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.825209     Document Type: Article

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