23 GHz Ge/SiGe multiple quantum well electroabsorption modulator

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3219-3224

  Chaisakul, Papichaya ^a   Marris Morini, Delphine ^a,b   Rouifed, Mohamed Saïd ^a   Isella, Giovanni ^b   Chrastina, Daniel ^b   Frigerio, Jacopo ^a   Roux, Xavier Le ^a   Edmond, Samson ^a   Coudevylle, Jean René ^a   Vivien, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROABSORPTION MODULATORS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; MODULATORS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PHOTONIC INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

BUILDING BLOCKES; ENERGY EFFICIENT; EXTINCTION RATIOS; HIGH-SPEED OPERATION; MQW WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SHORT DISTANCES; SWING VOLTAGE; WAVEGUIDE CONFIGURATIONS; WIDE SPECTRAL RANGE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

GERMANIUM; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GERMANIUM; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84856446591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.003219     Document Type: Article

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