Title :
Demonstration of all-optical set-reset operation in a GaInAsP waveguide bistable device
Author :
Nakatsuhara, K. ; Mizumoto, T. ; Munakata, R. ; Kigure, Y. ; Naito, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. Electron., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
Optical bistability was successfully demonstrated in a GaInAsP waveguide with a distributed feedback structure. Further study toward improving the on-off ratio (high to low output level) is now under way
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; flip-flops; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical bistability; optical switches; optical waveguides; GaInAsP; GaInAsP waveguide bistable device; all-optical set-reset operation; distributed feedback structure; high to low output level; on-off ratio; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical feedback; Optical refraction; Optical resonators; Optical signal processing; Optical superlattices; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.630608
