Title :
Optical switching of clockwise/anti-clockwise lasing in bus coupled microrings
Author :
Troppenz, U. ; Hamacher, M. ; Radziunas, Mindaugas ; Heidrich, H.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Clockwise/anti-clockwise switching of InP based bus-coupled microring lasers induced by external light injection has been measured and simulated. Device design and injection parameters of bistability and preselected unidirectional operation are discussed.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; optical bistability; optical switches; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; InP; InP-based bus-coupled microring lasers; anticlockwise lasing; clockwise lasing; external light injection; optical bistability; optical switching; unidirectional operation; Clocks; Laser modes; Optical bistability; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 2005. International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8891-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICIPRM.2005.1517487
