Electronics Letters · 1985 · 97 citations · 8 references
EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsOptical ModulationOptical ModulatorsPhotonic Integrated CircuitsQuantum OpticsQuantum Well DevicesUltrafast OpticsElectro-optic ModulatorsIntegrated Optical ModulatorsIntegrated Quantum PhotonicsModulator DesignQuantum Well ModulatorsSemiconductor Optical ModulatorsWaveguide Fabrication
By incorporating two quantum wells into a capillary waveguide, we have made the first MQW optical modulator with an on/off ratio of at least 10:1. Furthermore, this device was used to generate an optical pulse less than 100 ps long, the fastest to date with an MQW device.
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