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EPSRC Reference:	GR/K80846/01
Title:	DYNAMIC STUDIES OF 1.55 PM MQW OPTICAL MODULATORS & SATURABLE ABSORBER DEVICES
Principal Investigator:	Miller, Professor A
Other Investigators:	Ebrahimzadeh, Professor M
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Project Partners:	Pre Nexus Migration
Department:	Physics and Astronomy
Organisation:	University of St Andrews
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 January 1997	Ends:	31 December 1999	Value (£):	232,900
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Optoelect. Devices & Circuits
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Electronics
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Ultrafast, time resolved measurement will prove a comprehensive understanding of the high speed responses which determine the operational characteristic of 1.55mm, MQW modulators and saturable absorbers in the form of materials, nonlinear Bragg reflectors and micro-cavity etalons with and without applied electric fields. The work will be carried out in collaboration with laboratories involved in both device and systems development. Devices include fast saturable absorbers with UCL/Sheffield/ORC, passive saturable mirrors with built-in reflection stacks with Hughes Research Lab and active, quantum confined Stark effect (QCSE), micro-cavities with the Semiconductor IRC/Oxford. The fundamental mechanisms will be identified and devices optimised via feedback to our collaborators.
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