The quantum confined stark effect in Ge/SiGe quantum wells: An efficient electroabsorption mechanism for silicon-based applications

IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 183-185

  Roth, Jonathan E ^a   Fidaner, Onur ^a   Schaevitz, Rebecca K ^a   Edwards, Elizabeth H ^a   Kuo, Yu Hsuan ^a,b   Kamins, Theodore I ^a,c   Harris Jr , James S ^a   Miller, David A B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRO-ABSORPTION; GE/SIGE QUANTUM WELLS; LOW POWER; QUANTUM CONFINED STARK EFFECT; SILICON ELECTRONICS; SILICON-BASED;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPECTROSCOPY; STARK EFFECT;

PHOTONICS;

EID: 78649838316     PISSN: 19492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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