All-optical modulation with ultrafast recovery at low pump energies in passive InGaAs/InGaAsP multiquantum well waveguides

H. K. Tsang, P. A. Snow, I. E. Day, I. H. White, R. V. Penty, R. S. Grant, Z. Su, G. T. Kennedy, W. Sibbett

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Abstract

We report on the observation of ultrafast (<1 ps) recovery of all-optical modulation based on below band gap, optically induced excess absorption using pump pulse energies of less than 4 pJ. At higher pump pulse energies, the hot carriers produced by two-photon absorption significantly reduce the recovery rate. The increase in absorption recovery times at the higher densities of hot carriers is consistent with a contribution to the nonlinear absorption change from hot electron assisted absorption. The measured hot electron assisted absorption cross section of 2×10-20 m2 is in good agreement with the theoretical value.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1451-1453
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume62
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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