Title :
Integrated optically triggered polarisation-switching in InGaAsP twin-stripe injection lasers
Author :
Linton, R.S. ; White, I.H. ; Carrol, J.E. ; Singh, J. ; Adams, M.J. ; Henning, I.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
A new form of ultrafast bistable polarisation switching in twin-stripe injection lasers has been observed. For the first time, triggering between bistable states has been achieved by injecting light from a neighbouring laser integrated on the same chip
Keywords :
gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical bistability; optical switches; semiconductor junction lasers; InGaAsP; integrated optically triggered polarisation-switching; twin-stripe injection lasers; ultrafast bistable polarisation switching;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1988. (ECOC 88). Fourteenth European Conference on (Conf. Publ. No.292)
Conference_Location :
Brighton
