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All‐optical cutoff modulation in gallium arsenide ridge waveguides
Author(s) -
McWright G.,
Ross B.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.4650021102
Subject(s) - gallium arsenide , cutoff frequency , cutoff , modulation (music) , waveguide , optoelectronics , optics , refractive index , ridge , materials science , gallium , wavelength , physics , paleontology , quantum mechanics , acoustics , metallurgy , biology
We discuss all‐optical cutoff modulation in gallium arsenide integrated optical ridge waveguides for a guide wavelength of 1.3 μ.m. These modulators use the change in refractive index due to electron‐hole pair generation to bring the waveguide to cutoff.