Title :
Potential-tailored quantum-well modulators for high-speed optical fiber communication
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Japan
Abstract :
After a brief review of potential-tailored quantum-well structures suited for special external modulators in optical fiber communication, a traveling-wave ultra-fast and low-voltage modulator is presented with its five-layer asymmetric coupled quantum-well (FACQW).
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical waveguide components; quantum well devices; five-layer asymmetric coupled quantum-well; high-speed optical fiber communication; low-voltage modulator; optical fiber communication; potential-tailored quantum-well modulators; quantum-well modulators; quantum-well structures; review; special external modulators; traveling-wave ultra-fast and low-voltage modulator; Electrodes; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Quantum well devices; Quantum wells;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.820576
