Novel Electric-Field Effects in Quantum Wells and Superlattices.

Abstract

This report summarizes the most important result obtained during the short span of this grant, namely, the (theoretical) possibility of electric-field induced TE to TM mode switching in semiconductor quantum well lasers under moderate tensile strain. jg

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 16, 1995
Accession Number
ADA292317

Entities

People

  • Emilio E. Mendez

Organizations

  • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Systems
  • Crystal Lattices
  • Electric Fields
  • Energy Bands
  • Energy Levels
  • Ground State
  • Heterojunctions
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Quantum Well Lasers
  • Quantum Wells
  • Scientists
  • Semiconductor Lasers
  • Semiconductors
  • Superlattices
  • Tensile Strain
  • Valence Bands

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition
  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing