BIREFRINGENCE OF PASSIVE MULTI-QUANTUM-WELL SEMICONDUCTOR SLAB WAVE-GUIDES

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作者
KANG, J
STEGEMAN, GI
HUANG, CH
LI, DU
LIN, HH
CHANG, HC
YANG, CC
机构
[1] NATL TAIWAN UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,TAIPEI 10764,TAIWAN
[2] NATL TAIWAN UNIV,INST ELECTROOPT ENGN,TAIPEI 10018,TAIWAN
[3] NATL TAIWAN UNIV,CTR CONDENSED MATTER SCI,TAIPEI 10018,TAIWAN
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1109/68.393200
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Effective refractive-indices of both TE and TM modes of passive semiconductor slab waveguides in the wavelength range near half the bandgap are measured and modeled, Comparisons among a bulk waveguide and several multiple-quantum-well (MQW) waveguides show that the;layered structures of a MQW tend to enhance the birefringence, Also, for a waveguide there exists a birefringence maximum at a wavelength that depends on the guiding layer thickness, Theoretical calculations with a model of anisotropic guiding layers for MQW waveguides show good agreement with the experimental results.
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页码:769 / 771
页数:3
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