Title

Birefringence Of Passive Multi-Quantum-Well Semiconductor Slab Wave-Guides

Authors

Authors

J. Kang; G. I. Stegeman; C. H. Huang; D. U. Li; H. H. Lin; H. C. Chang;C. C. Yang

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett.

Keywords

Optical Wave-Guides; Refractive-Index; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

Abstract

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.

Journal Title

Ieee Photonics Technology Letters

Volume

7

Issue/Number

7

Publication Date

1-4-1995

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

769

Last Page

771

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1995RH30800025

ISSN

1041-1135

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