Numéro
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 49, Numéro C2, Juin 1988
Optical Bistability - IV
Page(s) C2-305 - C2-306
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1988271
Optical Bistability - IV

J. Phys. Colloques 49 (1988) C2-305-C2-306

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:1988271

ELECTRONIC OPTICAL BISTABILITY IN A GaAs/AlGaAs STRIP-LOADED WAVEGUIDE

H.M. GIBBS1, M. WARREN1, W. GIBBONS1, K. KOMATSU2, D. SARID1, D. HENDRICKS3 et M. SUGIMOTO2

1  Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, U.S.A.
2  Opto-Electronics Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, 4-1-1 Miyazaki Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki 213, Japan
3  KLA Instruments Corporation, Santa Clara, CA 95052, U.S.A.


Abstract
Single-mode waveguides were fabricated by reactive ion etching of an epitaxial AlGaAs layer above a GaAs/AlGaAs multiple-quantum-well structure. The waveguides were operated as nonlinear Fabry-Perot etalons.