INP GAINASP GUIDED-WAVE PHASE MODULATORS BASED ON CARRIER-INDUCED EFFECTS - THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

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作者
VINCHANT, JF [1 ]
CAVAILLES, JA [1 ]
ERMAN, M [1 ]
JARRY, P [1 ]
RENAUD, M [1 ]
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[1] LABS ELECTR PHILIPS,F-94453 LIMEIL BREVANNES,FRANCE
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10.1109/50.108738
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We present an overview of the different contributions due to carrier-induced effects which appear in InP/GaInAsP guided-wave phase modulators. We review and calculate the band-filling effect in such devices and point out optimized structures. We report the fabrication of phase modulators and directional coupler switches based on a GaInAsP/InP heterostructure which exhibit modulation characteristics in good agreement with our calculation, having a phase modulation efficiency as high as 11-degrees/V mm and low optical losses.
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