Modelling of an intersubband quantum confined Stark effect in Ge quantum wells for mid-infrared photonics

Opt Express. 2022 Dec 19;30(26):46710-46721. doi: 10.1364/OE.476735.

Abstract

In this work we theoretically investigate quantum confined Stark effect of intersubband transitions in asymmetric Ge/SiGe quantum wells for intensity modulation in the mid-infrared. Our calculations show that extinction ratios up to 1 dB and modulation speeds of several tens of GHz could be obtained in 100 µm long waveguides.