SUBPICOSECOND SWITCHING IN A CURRENT INJECTED GAAS ALGAAS MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL NONLINEAR DIRECTIONAL COUPLER/

Authors
LEE SG MCGINNIS BP JIN R YUMOTO J KHITROVA G GIBBS HM BINDER R KOCH SW PEYGHAMBARIAN N
Citation
Sg. Lee et al., SUBPICOSECOND SWITCHING IN A CURRENT INJECTED GAAS ALGAAS MULTIPLE-QUANTUM-WELL NONLINEAR DIRECTIONAL COUPLER/, Applied physics letters, 64(4), 1994, pp. 454-456
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
64
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
454 - 456
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1994)64:4<454:SSIACI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We have demonstrated ultrafast switching behavior in a current injecte d GaAs/AlGaAs multiple-quantum-well nonlinear directional coupler at r oom temperature. The results show low crossover pulse energy (10 pJ) a nd full recovery within 1 ps.