Title :
Design and fabrication of planar, resonant Franz-Keldysh optical modulator
Author :
Leeson, M.S. ; Payne, F.P. ; Mears, R.J. ; Carroll, J.E. ; Roberts, J.S. ; Pate, M.A. ; Hill, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
fDate :
12/8/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Describes the design, fabrication and performance of a planar, resonant Franz-Keldysh modular which has produced a 38% transmission change for 20 V applied bias. The device consists of a reverse-biased GaAs pin diode grown by MOVPE and from which the substrate has been removed
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; optical modulation; photodiodes; GaAs; MOVPE; applied bias; pin diode; resonant Franz-Keldysh optical modulator; transmission change;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
