• DocumentCode
    528215
  • Title

    Analysis of the electrorefractive effect in Ge/SiGe coupled quantum well for silicon based optical modulators

  • Author

    Iseri, Y. ; Yamada, H. ; Arakawa, T. ; Tada, K. ; Haneji, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 July 2010
  • Firstpage
    678
  • Lastpage
    679
  • Abstract
    A Ge/SiGe coupled quantum well for optical modulators based on phase modulation was proposed and its electrorefractive characteristics are theoretically analyzed using the K·p perturbation theory. This structure is promising for low-voltage Mach Zehnder modulators.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical effects; electro-optical modulation; germanium; perturbation theory; phase modulation; semiconductor quantum wells; Ge-SiGe; K·p perturbation theory; coupled quantum well; electrorefractive effect; low-voltage Mach Zehnder modulators; phase modulation; silicon based optical modulators; Absorption; Electric fields; High speed optical techniques; Optical modulation; Phase modulation; Silicon; Silicon germanium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
  • Conference_Location
    Sapporo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6785-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5588387