Widegap II-VI compound optical modulators of ZnSe/ZnMgSSe asymmetric coupled quantum wells

T. Abe1, H. Yamada1, N. Itano1, H. Kasada1, K. Ando1
1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan

Tóm tắt

We report on widegap II-VI compound short wavelength optical modulators of ZnSe/ZnMgSSe asymmetric coupled quantum wells (ACQWs). Effective mass approximated calculations have shown that ZnSe(50/spl Aring/)-ZnMgSSe(30/spl Aring/)-ZnSe(20/spl Aring/) ACQW exhibits weak Stark effect region (<40 kV/cm) and strong Stark effect region (>40 kV/cm). These simulations are experimentally confirmed by a p-i-n structure ACQW modulator grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The present device exhibits a low reverse bias operation (/spl sim/8 V) with modulation ratio(T/sub on//T/sub off/) of 1.08 at room temperature.

Từ khóa

#Optical modulation #Zinc compounds #Optical coupling #Stark effect #PIN photodiodes #Molecular beam epitaxial growth #Optical devices #Stationary state #Quantum well devices #Temperature

Tài liệu tham khảo

10.1016/S0022-0248(00)00137-8 10.1063/1.348581 10.1063/1.109104 miller, 1990, Opt Quantum Electron, 22, 61s, 10.1007/BF02089001