Title :
Optical switching in two-mode semiconductor lasers via gain or loss modulation
Author :
Ching-Fuh Lin ; Pei-Cheng Ku ; Yu-Li Hsueh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei
fDate :
4/10/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors demonstrate an optical switching mechanism based on two-mode lasers in which bistability does not exist. Both theoretical analysis and experiment show that a small amount of gain or loss modulation is sufficient to cause switching between two oscillating modes
Keywords :
laser beam applications; laser modes; optical modulation; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; gain modulation; loss modulation; optical switching; oscillating modes; theoretical analysis; two-mode semiconductor lasers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970435
