DESIGN OF EPITAXIAL ALGAAS MULTILAYER STRUCTURES - INTERFERENCE FILTERS AND OPTICALLY CONTROLLABLE REFLECTION MODULATORS

被引:9
作者
FOUCKHARDT, H
WALTHER, M
HACKBARTH, T
EBELING, KJ
机构
[1] The authors are in the Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, D-3300 Braunschweig
关键词
integrated optics; interference filters; optival switching; reflection modulators; semiconductor devices; signal processing;
D O I
10.1016/0030-3992(90)90008-R
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Dielectric interference filters incorporating an epitaxial anti-reflector structure and a concept for an all-optical reflection modulator are introduced. They are suitable for two-dimensional digital optical signal processing in an AlGaAs system employing molecular beam epitaxy. The reflection modulator concept uses dynamic band filling in multiquantum wells to obtain a bleachable absorption type optical non-linearity and promises more than 80% modulation depth. The numerical investigations are carried through with the help of two equivalent mathematical approaches which are explained in detail. Calculated results show satisfying agreement with experiments. © 1990.
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