Study of a Magnetooptic Contact for an Amplifying Waveguide Optical Isolator

We report on the development of an ohmic metal-semiconductor contact for application in an amplifying waveguide optical isolator. It is the result of magnetooptic waveguide simulations combined with experimental extraction of the contact resistivity. The optimized contact scheme is a p ++ -doped hyb...

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Published inIEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 19; no. 9; pp. 659 - 661
Main Authors Van Parys, W., Vanwolleghem, M., Van Thourhout, D., Baets, R., Lelarge, F., Thedrez, B., Lagae, L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.05.2007
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Amplification
Conductivity
Contact
Contacts
Electric contacts
Electrical resistivity
Extraction
Isolators
Magnetooptic (MO) Kerr effect
Magnetooptic effects
Nonlinear optics
ohmic electrical contact
Optical films
optical isolator
Optical saturation
Optical waveguides
Photonic band gap
Simulation
Stimulated emission
Waveguides
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Summary:We report on the development of an ohmic metal-semiconductor contact for application in an amplifying waveguide optical isolator. It is the result of magnetooptic waveguide simulations combined with experimental extraction of the contact resistivity. The optimized contact scheme is a p ++ -doped hybrid In 0.81 Ga 0.19 As 0.41 P 0.59 -In 0.53 Ga 0. d4 7 As structure, a compromise between good isolating performance and good electrical behavior
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ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2007.894965