GAAS MULTIPLE QUANTUM-WELL MICRORESONATOR MODULATORS GROWN ON SILICON SUBSTRATES

被引:3
作者
BARNES, P
WOODBRIDGE, K
ROBERTS, C
STRIDE, AA
RIVERS, A
WHITEHEAD, M
PARRY, G
ZHANG, X
STATONBEVAN, A
ROBERTS, JS
BUTTON, C
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON,IMPERIAL COLL SCI TECHNOL & MED,DEPT MAT,INTERDISCIPLINARY RES CTR SEMICOND,LONDON SW7 2BP,ENGLAND
[2] UNIV SHEFFIELD,SERC,CENT FACIL MAT 3-5,SHEFFIELD S1 3JD,S YORKSHIRE,ENGLAND
[3] PHILIPS RES LABS,REDHILL RH1 5HA,SURREY,ENGLAND
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D O I
10.1007/BF00625823
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 report new results on the modulation characteristics of GaAs/AlGaAs asymmetric Fabry-Perot modulators grown on silicon substrates. We discuss factors affecting device performance and evaluate these by growing p-i-n quantum well diodes, and multilayer reflector stacks on silicon. Using data from these test structures we have designed an asymmetric microresonator modulator and achieve, experimentally, a 40% reflection change with only 5 V and a contrast ratio of 7.4 dB, also with 5 V.
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页码:S177 / S192
页数:16
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