Optical reading of field-effect transistors by phase-space absorption quenching in a single InGaAs quantum well conducting channel
- 9 March 1987
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 50 (10) , 585-587
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.98088
Abstract
We present the first observation of absorption quenching by electrical control of the carrier density in a single semiconductor quantum well used as conducting channel in a field-effect transistor. The effect is large enough to allow direct reading of the transistor logic state.Keywords
This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
- Infrared and polarization anomalies in the optical spectra of modulation-doped semiconductor quantum-well structuresPhysical Review Letters, 1986
- Strong polarization-sensitive electroabsorption in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well waveguidesApplied Physics Letters, 1985
- Theory of transient excitonic optical nonlinearities in semiconductor quantum-well structuresPhysical Review B, 1985
- Theory of excitons in semiconductor quantum wells containing degenerate electrons or holesPhysical Review B, 1985
- Electric field dependence of optical absorption near the band gap of quantum-well structuresPhysical Review B, 1985
- Room-temperature excitonic nonlinear-optical effects in semiconductor quantum-well structuresJournal of the Optical Society of America B, 1985
- Valence band mixing in GaAs-(AlGa)As heterostructuresSolid State Communications, 1985
- Optical processes of 2D electron plasma in GaAs-(AlGa)As heterostructuresSolid State Communications, 1984
- Anomalous supercooling in a binary liquid mixturePhysical Review A, 1980
- Interband magnetoabsorption of In_{0.53}Ga_{0.47}AsPhysical Review B, 1980