Electro-optic effect in semiconductor superlattices

Yia Chung Chang; J. N. Schulman; U. Efron

doi:10.1063/1.339045

Electro-optic effect in semiconductor superlattices

Yia Chung Chang, J. N. Schulman, U. Efron

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Changes of index of refraction of semiconductor superlattices due to electric field are studied theoretically. A parabolic band effective-mass approximation is used for the conduction, heavy-hole, and light-hole bands. Excitonic effects are considered for wide barrier superlattices (or multiple quantum wells) and are found to substantially enhance the electro-optic effect near the onset of the excitonic absorption.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4533-4537
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	62
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.339045
State	Published - 1 Jan 1987
Externally published	Yes

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