PHOTOCONDUCTIVE RESPONSE-TIMES OF INGAAS/INALAS MULTIQUANTUM-WELL WAVE-GUIDE MODULATORS

被引:2
作者
MOSS, DJ
SANO, H
机构
[1] Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, Tokyo 185, 1-280, Higashi-koigakubo, Kokubunji-shi
关键词
OPTICAL MODULATION; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY;
D O I
10.1049/el:19931083
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
The pulsed photoconductive response times of 10 and 25 well InGaAs/InAlAs quantum well waveguide modulators are investigated. In both devices comparable sweep-out times for electrons and holes and significant reduction in internal quantum efficiency for fields < 200 kV/cm are observed. A dependence on bias voltage and quantum well number is observed which suggests that carrier recapture, or sequential tunnelling, is significant for fields near 70 kV but not for fields > 200 kV/cm.
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页码:1626 / 1628
页数:3
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