Electroabsorption and electrorefraction in an inas quantum-dot waveguide modulator

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1118-1120

  Malins, D B ^a   Gomez Iglesias, A ^a   Rafailov, E U ^a   Sibbett, W ^b   Miller, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroabsorption; Electrorefraction; Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs); Supercontinuum

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO-ABSORPTION; ELECTROOPTIC PHASE MODULATOR; ELECTROREFRACTION; INAS; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS; QD STACKS; QUANTUM DOTS; STARK SHIFT; SUPERCONTINUUM; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS; WAVEGUIDE MODULATOR;

KRAMERS-KRONIG RELATIONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 63349094497     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.901093     Document Type: Article

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