DocumentCode
2354544
Title
All-optical flip-flop multimode interference bistable laser with reverse biased saturable absorbers
Author
Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Raburn, M. ; Nakano, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
fYear
2004
fDate
25-25 Sept. 2004
Firstpage
26
Lastpage
27
Abstract
Optical flip-flop operation has been achieved in an MMI-BLD with reverse biased saturable absorbers for the first time. The reverse bias enabled reduction of absorber length and is expected to result in high speed operation.
Keywords
flip-flops; high-speed optical techniques; laser modes; optical bistability; optical saturable absorption; photonic switching systems; semiconductor lasers; all-optical flip-flop operation; bistable laser; high speed operation; multimode interference; photonics burst switching; reverse bias enabled reduction; saturable absorbers; Diode lasers; Flip-flops; High speed optical techniques; Interference; Optical bistability; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2004. Conference Digest. 2004 IEEE 19th International
Conference_Location
Matsue-shi
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8627-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ISLC.2004.1382736
Filename
1382736
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