High saturation power 1.3-mu m MQW electroabsorption waveguide modulators on GaAs substrates

被引:0
作者
Koi, KK
Shen, L
Wieder, HH
Chang, WSC
机构
[1] Dept. of Elec. and Comp. Engineering, University of California, San Diego, San Diego
关键词
electroabsorption modulators; microwave photonic links; semiconductor quantum wells;
D O I
10.1109/75.631188
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An analog InGaAs/InAlAs multiple-quantum-well electroabsorption waveguide modulator operating at 1.32-mu m wavelength has been designed, fabricated, and characterized for the first time on a GaAs substrate, A typical 3-mu m-wide 115-mu m-long device exhibits a high optical saturation power in excess of 17 mW and a 3-dB electrical bandwidth of 20 GHz. An equivalent half-cave voltage V-pi of 2.8 V has also been achieved.
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页数:3
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