Invited Paper Quantum Wells For Optical Processing Applications

G. Livescu; D. A. B. Miller

doi:10.1117/12.941986

19 February 1988 Invited Paper Quantum Wells For Optical Processing Applications

G. Livescu, D. A. B. Miller

Proceedings Volume 0825, Spatial Light Modulators and Applications II; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941986
Event: 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Quantum wells (QWs), which can be made from alternate thin layers of two semiconductor materials, show a large electroabsorption called the quantum-confined Stark effect (QCSE). This made possible the realization of electrically controlled optical modulators, and optically controlled self electro-optic effect devices (SEED), that can operate at high speed and low energy density. We will review the various materials systems that have shown QCSE and some of the different devices that have already been fabricated, the latest among them being an optically controlled spatial light modulator, an optically addressed dynamical memory, and an optical S-R latch.

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G. Livescu and D. A. B. Miller "Invited Paper Quantum Wells For Optical Processing Applications", Proc. SPIE 0825, Spatial Light Modulators and Applications II, (19 February 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941986

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