LOW-POWER, REFRACTIVE NONLINEARITY IN INGAAS/INP MULTIQUANTUM WELL WAVE-GUIDE

被引:15
作者
CACCIATORE, C
CAMPI, D
CORIASSO, C
MENEGHINI, G
RIGO, C
机构
[1] CSELT - Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecommunicazioni, 1-10148, Torino
关键词
WAVE-GUIDES; OPTICAL SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MATERIALS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19921033
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
An all-optical, nonlinear grating coupling has been observed in a passive InGaAs/InP MQW planar waveguide at room temperture. It is shown that thermal effects can be ruled out, and that the mechanism responsible for the refractive nonlinearity is consistent with purely excitonic effects. Switching power density is believed to be lower than in previous studies.
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页码:1624 / 1625
页数:2
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