简介:AnovelInGaAs/InAlAscoupledquantumwellstructureisproposedforlargefield-inducedrefractiveindexchangewithlowabsorptionloss.Inthecaseoflowappliedelectricfieldof15kV/cmandlowabsorptionloss(±≤100cm-1),alargefield-inducedrefractiveindexchange(fortransverseelectric(TE)mode,△n=0.012;fortransversemagnetic(TM)mode,△n=0.0126)isobtainedinthestructureattheoperationwavelengthof1.55μm.Thevalueislargerbyoveroneorderofmagnitudethanthatinarectangularquantumwell.Theresultisveryattractiveforsemiconductoropticalswitchingdevices.