ENHANCEMENT OF ELECTRIC FIELD-INDUCED REFRACTIVE-INDEX VARIATION IN A (GAINASP) (INAS)/INP ASYMMETRIC MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-FILM (MQF) STRUCTURE

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SUZAKI, Y
ARAI, S
BABA, S
KOHTOKU, M
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[1] Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology
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10.1109/68.118018
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An enhancement of an electric field-induced refractive-index variation due to the quantum confined Stark effect was theoretically found in a GaInAsP-InAs/InP asymmetric quantum-film structure especially in low electric-field regime. Almost two times higher sensitivity was experimentally confirmed in a 40-period GaInAsP (8 nm)-InAs (0.3-0.6 nm)/InP (8 nm) asymmetric multiple quantum-film (MQF) structure in comparison with a symmetric one without InAs layer at an applied electric field less than 6 V/mu-m.
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