3-TERMINAL BISTABLE LOW-THRESHOLD STRAINED INGAAS/GAAS LASER GROWN ON STRUCTURED SUBSTRATES FOR DIGITAL MODULATION

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作者
FRATESCHI, NC
ZHAO, H
ELLIOT, J
SIALA, S
GOVINDARAJAN, M
NOTTENBURG, RN
DAPKUS, PD
机构
[1] National Center for Integrated Photonic Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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10.1109/68.205610
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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
Strained InGaAs/GaAs quantum-well three-terminal lasers with monolithically integrated intracavity modulators were fabricated using low threshold current structures formed by the temperature engineered growth (TEG) technique. An on-off switching ratio of 556 was obtained for a 30 mV change in absorber voltage. An optical power contrast ratio of 7.5 was measured with a total dc power consumption of 25.3 mW. These results show a great improvement in the digital (on-off) switching performance of three-terminal lasers with intracavity modulators.
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页码:275 / 278
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