PHASE AND AMPLITUDE-MODULATION BASED ON INTERSUBBAND TRANSITIONS IN ELECTRON-TRANSFER DOUBLE QUANTUM-WELLS

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作者
DUPONT, E
DELACOURT, D
BERGER, V
VODJDANI, N
PAPUCHON, M
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[1] THOMSON-CSF, Laboratoire Central de Recherches, 91404 Orsay, Domaine de Corbeville
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10.1063/1.109539
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We present an experimental study of the intersubband electroabsorption and electrorefraction of a coupled asymmetrical quantum well structure. The field induced carrier transfer from a wide well to a narrow well yields interesting electro-optical properties. For instance, we found a particular wavelength region where a strong phase modulation is associated with a low absorption modulation. We verified that the measurements of the correlated phase and amplitude modulation were consistent with Kramers-Kronig transformations of experimental differential absorption spectra.
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页码:1907 / 1909
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