High contrast ratio asymmetric Fabry-Perot optical modulators based on GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells

Zhibiao Chen; Hongda Chen; Wen Gao; Rong Han Wu

doi:10.1117/12.252941

3 October 1996 High contrast ratio asymmetric Fabry-Perot optical modulators based on GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells

Zhibiao Chen, Hongda Chen, Wen Gao, Rong Han Wu

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Proceedings Volume 2897, Electro-Optic and Second Harmonic Generation Materials, Devices, and Applications; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.252941
Event: Photonics China '96, 1996, Beijing, China

Abstract

A three-layer model and transmission matrix method are developed to analyze the modulation characteristics of GaAs/GaAlAs multiple quantum well asymmetric Fabry-Perot optical modulators. Two conditions of zero reflectivity for getting high contrast ratio are demonstrated and used to design normally-on and normally-off modulators. Low reflectivity of about 5% and high contrast ratio of about 10 are achieved.

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Zhibiao Chen, Hongda Chen, Wen Gao, and Rong Han Wu "High contrast ratio asymmetric Fabry-Perot optical modulators based on GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum wells", Proc. SPIE 2897, Electro-Optic and Second Harmonic Generation Materials, Devices, and Applications, (3 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.252941

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