Semiconductor optical device

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1990-05-25

1992-07-21

Epps, Georgia Y.

Coherent light generators

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ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor optical device having a region in which semiconductor or carriers in the semiconductor and light are interact, for example, an active region for a semiconductor laser, an optical wave guide region of an optical modulator, etc., includes a quantum well structure having a well region and a barrier region. The semiconductor optical device is remarkably improved with the degree of design freedom as it relates to parameters such as thickness and selection of material without deteriorating the quantum effect, by introducing a super lattice super-layer structure into the barrier region of the quantum well structure or defining the strain for the well region and the barrier region.

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