title: Optical-level shifter and self-linearized optical modulator using a quantum-well self-electro-optic effect device.
abstract: We demonstrate an optical-level shifter and a modulator whose transmission varies linearly with drive current, both based on a new, negative-feedback mode of operation of the recently discovered quantum-well self-electro-optic effect device. The system is compatible with both laser diodes and low-power semiconductor electronics and is applicable in both analog and digital optical processing. An extension of the system gives inverted, linear modulation of a coherent beam by an incoherent light source.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Chemla
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Damen
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Burrus
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gossard
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wiegmann