• DocumentCode
    1663904
  • Title

    Ultra-low Vπ suspended quantum well waveguides

  • Author

    Stievater, T.H. ; Park, D. ; Rabinovich, W.S. ; Pruessner, M.W. ; Kanakaraju, S. ; Richardson, C.J.K. ; Khurgin, J.B.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate Vπ L values in the optical L-band in suspended quantum well waveguides between 109 and 199 mV-cm, which result from the strong out-of-plane index contrast that tightly confines the mode to the quantum well core.
  • Keywords
    Electrooptic effects; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical devices; Optical imaging; Optical modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326037