• DocumentCode
    2135439
  • Title

    Bistability and switching with very high contrast ratio in an optically-injected 1550nm-QDash Fabry-Perot laser

  • Author

    Hurtado, A. ; Nami, M. ; Henning, I.D. ; Adams, M.J. ; Lester, L.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    7-10 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    112
  • Lastpage
    113
  • Abstract
    A first experimental observation of different shapes of bistability and nonlinear switching with very high on-off contrast ratio (exceeding 180:1) is reported in an optically-injected 1550nm-QDash Fabry-Perot nanostructure laser.
  • Keywords
    laser stability; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical bistability; optical switches; quantum dash lasers; bistability; nonlinear switching; on-off contrast ratio; optically-injected 1550nm-QDash Fabry-Perot nanostructure laser; wavelength 1550 nm; Measurement by laser beam; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical bistability; Optical switches; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC), 2012 23rd IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • ISSN
    0899-9406
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0828-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISLC.2012.6348354
  • Filename
    6348354