Title :
All-optical oscillator based on the antiparallel connection of two GaAs/AlGaAs multiple shallow quantum well PINIP diodes
Author :
Kwon, O.-K. ; Lee, K. -S ; Chu, H.-Y. ; Lee, E.H. ; Ahn, B.-T.
Author_Institution :
Basic Res. Lab., Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Taejon, South Korea
fDate :
2/5/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors propose a new scheme for a non-biased all-optical oscillator based on the anti-parallel connection of two GaAs/AlGaAs multiple shallow-quantum well p-i-n-i-p (PINIP) diodes. Under the illumination of 3 mW lasers, the oscillator revealed the electrical and optical oscillations with a frequency of ~43.8 MHz. The intensity oscillations in the reflected beams from the two diodes showed a phase difference of π, an on/off reflection change of ~22%, and a contrast ratio of ~2
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; gallium arsenide; light reflection; negative resistance devices; oscillators; p-i-n photodiodes; semiconductor quantum wells; 43.8 MHz; GaAs-AlGaAs; GaAs/AlGaAs MQW PINIP diodes; all-optical oscillator; antiparallel connection; multiple shallow quantum well PINIP diodes; p-i-n-i-p diodes;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980237
