High-performance Mach-Zehnder modulators in multiple quantum wellGaAs/AlGaAs |
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| Authors: | Cites JS Ashley PR |
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| Affiliation: | Res. Dev. & Eng. Center, US Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL; |
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| Abstract: | We demonstrate Mach-Zehnder interferometric waveguide intensity modulators which employ electrorefraction due to the quantum-confined Stark effect in multiple quantum well (MQW) GaAs/AlGaAs. These devices exhibit average half-wave voltage-length products as low as 3.0 V·mm and extinction ratios greater than 23.8 dB, which are superior to any MQW devices of this type. An effective index based model is developed to extract linear and quadratic electro-optic coefficients from the modulation data. Also, the power handling limitations of MQW modulators are discussed in terms of device performance and catastrophic electrical failure |
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