A novel optical bistable multiple-quantum-well phase modulator |
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Authors: | Park C. Shiralagi K.T. Droopad R. Maracas G.N. |
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Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ; |
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Abstract: | The authors present a new type of optically bistable phase modulator utilizing a self electrooptic effect device (SEED) integrated with an electrooptic wavelength modulator. An electrically bistable SEED, operating on the principle of the quantum-confined Stark effect, controls the bias voltage across an electrooptic waveguide phase modulator to produce optical bistability. A control signal at 0.848 μm, corresponding to the first electron to heavy hole exciton transition in GaAs/AlGaAs multiple-quantum-well is used to switch 1.152 μm light propagating through a waveguide in a direction normal to the control beam |
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