Title :
Extremely wide and uniform hysteresis windows (32mA) for integrated optical RAM using novel active MMI-BLD
Author :
Bastawrous, H.A. ; Jiang, H. ; Tahara, Y. ; Matsuo, S. ; Hamamoto, K.
Author_Institution :
Interdiscipl. Grad. Sch. of Eng. Sci. (I-EggS), Kyushu Univ., Kasuga
Abstract :
Integrated optical RAM showed extremely wide and uniform hysteresis windows of 32 mA plusmn 2 mA (with operation current around 70 mA) using novel active MMI-BLD, with relatively high ON/OFF ratio of 18 dB in 315 times 600 mum2 total device size.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; laser stability; light interferometers; optical bistability; optical storage; optical windows; random-access storage; semiconductor lasers; active MMI-BLD; active multimode-interferometer based bi-stable laser diode; current 32 mA; integrated optical RAM; optical ON/OFF ratio; uniform hysteresis windows; Hysteresis; Integrated optics; Optical bistability; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Ultraviolet sources; (130.0250) Opto-electronics; (130.4815) Optical switching devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
