Electroabsorptive Fabry-Perot reflection modulators with asymmetric mirrors

Journal Article · Fri Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/68.43343· OSTI ID:5726247

Yan, R H; Simes, R J; Coldren, L A ^[1]

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1. California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA (USA). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The authors report a normally-on electroabsorptive surface-normal Fabry-Perot reflection modulator with an on/off ratio of 22, insertion loss of 3.7 dB, and optical bandwidth of 3.4 nm for an operating voltage swing of 11 V. The asymmetric Fabry-Perot structure is made with asymmetric mirrors using a quarter-wavelength grating of 15 1/2 periods on the bottom, and an air-semiconductor interface on the top. The active region is 1.4{mu}m thick and composed of 100 A GaAs/100 A Al/sub 0.2/Ga/sub 0.8/As multiple quantum wells. Such a structure provides both efficiency and optical bandwidth for surface-normal modulators.

• OSTI ID: 5726247
• Journal Information: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters; (USA), Journal Name: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters; (USA) Vol. 1:9; ISSN IPTLE; ISSN 1041-1135
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
420800 -- Engineering-- Electronic Circuits & Devices-- (-1989)
ALUMINIUM ARSENIDES
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
ARSENIDES
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETER
GALLIUM ARSENIDES
GALLIUM COMPOUNDS
INTERFEROMETERS
LASER MIRRORS
LASERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MIRRORS
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PNICTIDES
QUANTUM EFFICIENCY
REFLECTIVITY
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
SOLID STATE LASERS
SURFACE PROPERTIES