Title :
Three-State Optical Memory Based on Coupled Ring Lasers
Author :
Jing Wang ; Yuancheng Zhang ; Malacarne, Antonio ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Poti, Luca ; Minyu Yao
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A three-state optical memory is demonstrated, with a compact configuration and low switching power. It is presented that the memory has an extinction ratio of 40 dB and a large wavelength range of set pulses.
Keywords :
optical bistability; optical storage; packet switching; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; compact configuration; coupled ring lasers; extinction ratio; large wavelength range pulses; low switching power; optical bi-stability; three-state optical memory; Extinction ratio; Optical bistability; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528420
