EQUIVALENT-LAYER METHOD FOR OPTICAL WAVE-GUIDES WITH A MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURE

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作者
LI, YF [1 ]
IIZUKA, K [1 ]
LIT, JWY [1 ]
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[1] WILFRID LAURIER UNIV,DEPT PHYS & COMP,WATERLOO N2L 3C5,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.1364/OL.17.000273
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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An equivalent-layer method for analyzing multiple-quantum-well (MQW) waveguides is presented. This method not only allows the whole waveguide to be treated as a three-layer waveguide but offers exact solutions for the propagation constant of MQW waveguides and the power confinement factor within the MQW structure as well. A comparison between this method and two other three-layer models is given.
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