Predictions of free-carrier electroabsorption and electrorefraction in germanium
Predictions of free-carrier electroabsorption and electrorefraction in germanium
Germanium is becoming an important material for mid-infrared photonics, but the modulation mechanisms in Ge are not yet well understood. In this paper, we estimate the size of free-carrier electroabsorption and electrorefraction effects in germanium across the 2 to 16 µm wavelength range at 300 K. The predictions are based as much as possible upon experimental absorption data from the literature and are supported by extrapolations from experimental data using first-principle quantum theoretical modeling. We find that free-carrier absorption is substantially stronger in Ge than in Si.
electrooptic effects, photonics
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Nedeljković, Miloš
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Soref, Richard
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Mashanovich, Goran Z.
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1 June 2015
Nedeljković, Miloš
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Soref, Richard
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Mashanovich, Goran Z.
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Nedeljković, Miloš, Soref, Richard and Mashanovich, Goran Z.
(2015)
Predictions of free-carrier electroabsorption and electrorefraction in germanium.
IEEE Photonics Journal, 7 (3), , [2600214].
(doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2419217).
Abstract
Germanium is becoming an important material for mid-infrared photonics, but the modulation mechanisms in Ge are not yet well understood. In this paper, we estimate the size of free-carrier electroabsorption and electrorefraction effects in germanium across the 2 to 16 µm wavelength range at 300 K. The predictions are based as much as possible upon experimental absorption data from the literature and are supported by extrapolations from experimental data using first-principle quantum theoretical modeling. We find that free-carrier absorption is substantially stronger in Ge than in Si.
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Accepted/In Press date: 31 March 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 24 April 2015
Published date: 1 June 2015
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electrooptic effects, photonics
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/385690
ISSN: 1943-0655
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