JPH0578015B2 - - Google Patents

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Publication number
JPH0578015B2
JPH0578015B2 JP84500712A JP50071284A JPH0578015B2 JP H0578015 B2 JPH0578015 B2 JP H0578015B2 JP 84500712 A JP84500712 A JP 84500712A JP 50071284 A JP50071284 A JP 50071284A JP H0578015 B2 JPH0578015 B2 JP H0578015B2
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intensity
charge
layer
optical
layered
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JP84500712A
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Japanese (ja)
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JPS60500231A (ja
Inventor
Danieru Shimon Chemura
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AT&T Corp
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AT&T Technologies Inc
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Publication of JPS60500231A publication Critical patent/JPS60500231A/ja
Publication of JPH0578015B2 publication Critical patent/JPH0578015B2/ja
Granted legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/35—Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/3511—Self-focusing or self-trapping of light; Light-induced birefringence; Induced optical Kerr-effect
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B82—NANOTECHNOLOGY
    • B82Y—SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES
    • B82Y20/00—Nanooptics, e.g. quantum optics or photonic crystals
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/015—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on semiconductor elements having potential barriers, e.g. having a PN or PIN junction
    • G02F1/017—Structures with periodic or quasi periodic potential variation, e.g. superlattices, quantum wells
    • G02F1/01716—Optically controlled superlattice or quantum well devices

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Nanotechnology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Photo Coupler, Interrupter, Optical-To-Optical Conversion Devices (AREA)
  • Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
JP84500712A 1983-01-03 1983-12-29 層状半導体構造に与えられる光ビ−ムの強度が該ビ−ムを制御する Granted JPS60500231A (ja)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/455,461 US4549788A (en) 1983-01-03 1983-01-03 Intensity of a light beam applied to a layered semiconductor structure controls the beam
US455461 1983-01-03
PCT/US1983/002054 WO1984002783A1 (en) 1983-01-03 1983-12-29 Intensity of a light beam applied to a layered semiconductor structure controls the beam

Publications (2)

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JPS60500231A JPS60500231A (ja) 1985-02-21
JPH0578015B2 true JPH0578015B2 (show.php) 1993-10-27

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JP84500712A Granted JPS60500231A (ja) 1983-01-03 1983-12-29 層状半導体構造に与えられる光ビ−ムの強度が該ビ−ムを制御する

Country Status (6)

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US (1) US4549788A (show.php)
EP (1) EP0131042B1 (show.php)
JP (1) JPS60500231A (show.php)
CA (1) CA1206575A (show.php)
DE (1) DE3382289D1 (show.php)
WO (1) WO1984002783A1 (show.php)

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US4863245A (en) * 1984-02-28 1989-09-05 Exxon Research And Engineering Company Superlattice electrooptic devices
US4828368A (en) * 1986-06-30 1989-05-09 Hughes Aircraft Company Near bandgap radiation modulation spatial light modulators
US4761620A (en) * 1986-12-03 1988-08-02 American Telephone And Telegraph Company, At&T Bell Laboratories Optical reading of quantum well device
US4784476A (en) * 1987-01-27 1988-11-15 Hughes Aircraft Company Nipi refractive index modulation apparatus and method
US4829269A (en) * 1987-09-17 1989-05-09 Spectrolab, Inc. Harmonic plasma switch
JPH0769549B2 (ja) * 1987-10-22 1995-07-31 国際電信電話株式会社 光駆動形スイッチ
JPH0834479B2 (ja) * 1987-10-22 1996-03-29 国際電信電話株式会社 光パケット交換方式
US4851840A (en) * 1988-01-06 1989-07-25 Wright State University Optical analog to digital converter
US4872744A (en) * 1988-01-15 1989-10-10 Bell Communications Research, Inc. Single quantum well optical modulator
GB2215072A (en) * 1988-02-12 1989-09-13 Philips Electronic Associated A method of modulating an optical beam
JP2698394B2 (ja) * 1988-09-30 1998-01-19 キヤノン株式会社 非線形光学素子
US5986828A (en) * 1988-11-01 1999-11-16 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army Optical power limiter utilizing nonlinear refraction
US5004325A (en) * 1990-01-16 1991-04-02 At&T Bell Laboratories Optical processing using a multilayer heterostructure

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US3746879A (en) * 1972-05-25 1973-07-17 Ibm Superlattice harmonic generator & mixer for electromagnetic waves
US4190811A (en) * 1975-05-22 1980-02-26 Canadian Patents And Development Limited Laser controlled optical switching in semiconductors

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CA1206575A (en) 1986-06-24
EP0131042A1 (en) 1985-01-16
DE3382289D1 (de) 1991-06-20
US4549788A (en) 1985-10-29
EP0131042A4 (en) 1987-12-09
WO1984002783A1 (en) 1984-07-19
JPS60500231A (ja) 1985-02-21
EP0131042B1 (en) 1991-05-15

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