Monolithic integration of quantum well infrared photodetector and modulator

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Almogy, G [1 ]
Xu, YJ [1 ]
Tong, A [1 ]
Shakouri, A [1 ]
Yariv, A [1 ]
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[1] CALTECH,DEPT APPL PHYS,PASADENA,CA 91125
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10.1063/1.115593
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A modulation depth of 40% (0.7 dB/mu m) was obtained with an infrared (10.6 mu m) modulator consisting of a stack of 50 pairs of weakly coupled asymmetric quantum wells monolithically integrated with a quantum well infrared photodetector. The monolithic integration is shown to be a promising technique for the ''ac'' coupling of infrared focal-plane arrays as well as for the direct study of the effects of electric fields and charge density variations on intersubband transitions. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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