ANALOG DIFFERENTIAL SELF-LINEARIZED QUANTUM-WELL SELF-ELECTRO-OPTIC-EFFECT MODULATOR

被引:11
作者
DESOUZA, EA [1 ]
CARRARESI, L [1 ]
BOYD, GD [1 ]
MILLER, DAB [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV FLORENCE,DEPT PHYS,I-50125 FLORENCE,ITALY
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D O I
10.1364/OL.18.000974
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We describe an analog self-electro-optic-effect device that gives a difference between two optical output powers that is linearly proportional to electrical or optical drive, permitting bipolar processing in novel image-processing arrays. The device is able to operate over a range of more than four orders of magnitude optical power, from 50 nW to 2.5 mW, corresponding to uniform incident intensities as low as 3.3 MW/cm2.
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页码:974 / 976
页数:3
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