33-PS OPTICAL SWITCHING OF SYMMETRICAL SELF-ELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECT DEVICES

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作者
BOYD, GD
FOX, AM
MILLER, DAB
CHIROVSKY, LMF
DASARO, LA
KUO, JM
KOPF, RF
LENTINE, AL
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
[2] AT&T BELL LABS,NAPERVILLE,IL 60566
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10.1063/1.104034
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report significant improvement in the optical switching times of symmetric self-electro-optic effect devices due to enhanced tunneling by using a 35 Å barrier versus the previous 60 Å barrier thick multiple quantum well GaAs/AlxGa(1-x)As devices. Also, the voltage required for bistability was reduced from 10 V in the thick barrier devices to 3 V in the thin barrier devices with no apparent degradation in the contrast ratio.
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页码:1843 / 1845
页数:3
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