ON THE DESIGN OF POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES

被引:20
作者
CHELLES, S
FERREIRA, R
VOISIN, P
机构
[1] Lab. de Phys. de la Matiere Condensee, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris
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10.1088/0268-1242/10/1/018
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
We examine theoretically the problem of the polarization dependence of guided-wave devices. We show that tensile-strained quantum wells near the light-and heavy-hole degeneracy provide almost equal absorption spectra and nearly identical electroabsorption curves in the TE and TM modes, which are necessary features for on-line applications such as signal amplification and pulse reshaping in optical fibre telecommunication systems.
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页码:105 / 109
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