Title :
Optical inverter using a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with external light injection
Author :
Onishi, Y. ; Nishiyama, N. ; Caneau, C. ; Koyama, F. ; Zah, C.E.
Author_Institution :
Microsyst. Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
In this paper, we present the measurement on the optical input-output characteristic of 1.55 μm InP based VCSELs with an external light injection either to its fundamental transverse mode or 1st-high-order transverse mode. It is shown that when the wavelength of the external light was set to be slightly longer than that of the mode, the abrupt modal switching, enabling the function of an optical inverter, was observed for both cases.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; invertors; laser modes; optical information processing; optical logic; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.55 micron; 1st-high-order transverse mode; InP; InP based VCSEL; external light injection; fundamental transverse mode; optical input-output characteristic; optical inverter; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Injection-locked oscillators; Inverters; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252997
