DocumentCode
3634005
Title
Quantum-confined Stark effect electro-absorption modulators for CMOS compatible photonics
Author
L. Lever;Z. Ikonić;R. W. Kelsall
Author_Institution
Institute of Microwaves and Photonics, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
fYear
2009
Firstpage
169
Lastpage
171
Abstract
A design for a quantum-confined Stark effect electro-absorption modulator is described. We use kmiddotp and effective-mass modelling methods to optimise the quantum well dimensions, and employ strain engineering to target 1.3-mum light.
Keywords
"Stark effect","Optical modulation","Absorption","Charge carrier processes","Quantum well devices","Microwave photonics","Power engineering and energy","Stationary state","Deformable models","Optimization methods"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP ´09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
ISSN
1949-2081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN
1949-209X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338326
Filename
5338326
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