• DocumentCode
    2577771
  • Title

    All-optical flip-flop operation in polarization bistable VCSELs and its application for photonic buffer memory

  • Author

    Kawaguchi, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Mater. Sci., Nara Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Ikoma
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    12-14 Jan. 2009
  • Firstpage
    140
  • Lastpage
    141
  • Abstract
    This article discusses the photonic buffer memory consisting of a 2D array of polarization bistable VCSELs. All-optical flip-flop operation was demonstrated in InAlGaAs/InP VCSELs.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; flip-flops; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical bistability; optical storage; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 2D array; InAlGaAs-InP; all-optical flip-flop operation; photonic buffer memory; polarization bistable VCSEL; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; Flip-flops; High speed optical techniques; Optical bistability; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Shift registers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
  • Conference_Location
    Innsbruck
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2610-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2611-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771696
  • Filename
    4771696