Title :
All-optical flip-flop based on Mach-Zehnder interferometer bistable laser diode
Author :
Takeda, Koji ; Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Tanemura, Takuo ; Nakano, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electr. Eng. & Inf. Syst., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricate and demonstrate all-optical flip-flop based on novel Mach-Zehnder interferometer bistable laser structure. The MZI-BLD successfully improves falling time to 68 ps, switching pulse energy to 67 pJ, and threshold current, owing to large modes overlap.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; electro-optical switches; flip-flops; optical bistability; optical logic; semiconductor lasers; MZI-BLD structure; Mach-Zehnder interferometer bistable laser diode; all-optical flip-flop; energy 67 pJ; switching pulse energy; threshold current; time 68 ps; Diode lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Flip-flops; Laser feedback; Laser modes; Optical coupling; Optical signal processing; Surface emitting lasers; Threshold current; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
