POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE OF FIELD-INDUCED REFRACTIVE-INDEX VARIATION IN STRAINED AND UNSTRAINED QUANTUM-WELL STRUCTURES

被引:7
作者
CHONG, TC
WAN, HW
CHUA, SJ
机构
[1] Centre for Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Cresent
关键词
Electro-optics; Polarisation;
D O I
10.1049/el:19900686
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
The polarisation dependence of the field-induced refractive index variation in strained and unstrained quantum well structures is analysed. It is shown that the effect of strain combined with the quantum-size effect can be used to control the polarisation dependence of the refractive index variation which is significant in thin quantum wells. © 1990, The Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.
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页码:1060 / 1061
页数:2
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