PROPOSAL FOR AN ULTRA-COMPACT ELECTRON-TRANSFER MODULATOR STRUCTURE

被引:5
作者
WANG, J
LEBURTON, JP
ZUCKER, JE
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT ELECT & COMP ENGN,URBANA,IL 61801
[2] AT&T BELL LABS,HOLMDEL,NJ 07733
关键词
OPTICAL MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19930863
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
A theoretical model is presented for the current-voltage characteristics of an InGaAs/InAlAs multiquantum-well optical modulator with tunable charge density. The current-voltage characteristics are derived from a drift-diffusion and thermionic emission current model within a selfconsistent Poisson-Schrodinger scheme and show good agreement with experiment. A short-period structure with small leakage current and high breakdown voltage is proposed.
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页码:1293 / 1295
页数:3
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