A NOVEL OPTICAL BISTABILITY DEVICE CONSISTING OF RESONANT TUNNELING DIODE AND QUANTUM STARK MODULATOR - EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION

被引:4
作者
KURATA, H [1 ]
TSUCHIYA, M [1 ]
SAKAKI, H [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO,ADV SCI & TECHNOL RES CTR,MINATO KU,TOKYO 153,JAPAN
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D O I
10.1016/0039-6028(90)90354-B
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We report on the first successful operation of a novel bistable optical negative resistance device (BOND) proposed earlier. In this device the negative resistance of a modified resonant tunneling diode is used as non-linear feed back element to a quantum well Stark modulator. It has been found that the input/output characteristic of optical power shows a clear hysteresis, and the low power feature is confirmed with a switching power level as low as 600 microW. © 1990.
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