IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 1992 · 22 citations · 10 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMicrowave EngineeringOpticsPhotonicsHigh-frequency Semiconductor DevicesMicrowave MeasurementsMicrowave Semiconductor DevicesOptical ModulationOptical ModulatorsQuantum Well DevicesBandwidthBandwidth AnalysisBandwidth Of Electro-optic DevicesElectro-optic ModulatorsFabricationIntegrated Optical ModulatorsModulation BandwidthQuantum Well Modulators
The authors report preliminary high-frequency, small-signal optical measurements of asymmetric multiple-quantum well (MQW) Fabry-Perot electrooptic modulators which indicate that the electrical bandwidth for these devices is about 15 GHz at the onset of saturation, and as high as 21 GHz at low optical intensity-higher than any other measurements published to date. The modulators, 30 mu m*30 mu m in size, are integrated with on-chip microwave probe pads. The authors detail the fabrication process developed to achieve these high operating frequencies and predict from device models the maximum RC-limited operating frequencies for these devices.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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