Electro-optic phase modulation in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well waveguides
- 21 March 1988
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 52 (12) , 945-947
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.99236
Abstract
We present the first absolute measurements of the electric-field-induced refractive index change in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well waveguides. Phase and intensity modulation are characterized as a function of wavelength both above and below the n=1 exciton resonances.Keywords
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