All-optical set-reset operation of a bistable semiconductor laser intracavity-coupled to a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser

Author

Robert, F. ; Fortusini, D. ; Tang, C.L.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

Volume

12

Issue

5

fYear

2000

fDate

5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

465

Lastpage

467

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate a bistable laser diode (BLD) formed by a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) coupled to an in-plane laser (IPL) that includes a saturable absorber section. The device can be switched between its two states (corresponding to either the in-plane laser or the vertical-cavity laser being on) by injection of optical pulses. We also discuss possible applications for this device.

Keywords

integrated optics; optical bistability; optical control; optical saturable absorption; optical switches; quantum well lasers; surface emitting lasers; GaAs-Al/sub 0.26/Ga/sub 0.74/As; GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells; VCSEL; all-optical set-reset operation; bistable laser diode; bistable semiconductor laser; device switching; gain-quenching effect; in-plane laser; intracavity coupling; monolithic integration; optical control; optical pulse injection; saturable absorber section; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Diode lasers; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical surface waves; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor lasers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.841254

Filename

841254