Title :
Single Mode and Dynamic All-Optical Flip-Flop Operation of Multimode Interference Bistable Laser Diodes with Distributed Bragg Reflectors
Author :
Takeda, Koji ; Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Raburn, Maura ; Song, Xueliang ; Barton, Jonathon S. ; Nakano, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution :
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Dept. of Electronics Engineering, The Univ. of Tokyo, takeda@hotaka.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Abstract :
All-optical flip-flop operation of Integrable MMI-BLD with DBRs was demonstrated in the wavelength range of 1540 to 1570 nm. Single-mode lasing with SMSR of 23 dB was achieved with switching time of around 400 ps.
Keywords :
Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Flip-flops; Interference; Optical bistability; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Pulse measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800939
