Effect of parameter variation on the performance of InGaAsP/InP multiple-quantum-well electroabsorption/electrorefraction modulators

Feike Xiong; Long D. Zhu; C. M. Wang

doi:10.1117/12.47200

1 November 1991 Effect of parameter variation on the performance of InGaAsP/InP multiple-quantum-well electroabsorption/electrorefraction modulators

Feike Xiong, Long D. Zhu, C. M. Wang

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Proceedings Volume 1519, International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.47200
Event: International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications, 1991, Shanghai, China

Abstract

The dependence of electroabsorption and electrorefraction in InGaAs/InP multiple-quantum- well (MQW) structures on the MQW parameter (as P mole fraction y, well thickness L_z, residual impurity concentration N_dj in i region, and interface quality) and on the applied electric field is investigated theoretically. The relationship between the performance of a MQW long-wavelength phase modulator and electro-refraction is also investigated. Our theoretical study shows that the In_1-xGa_xAs_yP_1-y/InP MQW structure with y equals 0.9, L_z equals 100 angstrom is appropriate for a intensity modulator and the structure with y equals 0.87, L_z equals 140 angstrom is suitable for a phase modulator. High interface quality and low i region residual impurity concentration are in favor of the fast and efficient MQW modulators.

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Feike Xiong, Long D. Zhu, and C. M. Wang "Effect of parameter variation on the performance of InGaAsP/InP multiple-quantum-well electroabsorption/electrorefraction modulators", Proc. SPIE 1519, International Conference on Thin Film Physics and Applications, (1 November 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.47200

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