Ultrafast all-optical refractive index modulation in intersubband transition switch using InGaAs/AlAs/AlAsSb quantum well

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 8-11, 2007, Pages

  Ishikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Tsuchida, Hidemi ^a   Abedin, Kazi Sarwar ^b   Simoyama, Takasi ^a   Mozume, Teruo ^a   Nagase, Masanori ^a   Akimoto, Ryoichi ^a   Miyazaki, Tetsuya ^b   Hasama, Toshifumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Band nonparabolicity; Effective mass; Intersubband transition; Phase modulation; Quantum well; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DEVICES; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BAND NONPARABOLICITY; EFFECTIVE MASS; INTERSUBBAND TRANSITION; PLASMA DISPERSION;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 34547871647     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.46.L157     Document Type: Article

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