Title :
Improvement of optical flip-flop characteristics of compact directionally-coupled bistable laser diode
Author :
Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Raburn, Maura ; Nakano, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
fDate :
31 May-4 June 2004
Abstract :
A directionally-coupled bistable laser diode optical flip-flop has been improved through the application of a reverse voltage to the saturable absorber. Flip-flop operation has been obtained with optical injection below -3 dBm.
Keywords :
flip-flops; laser cavity resonators; optical bistability; optical directional couplers; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; directionally-coupled bistable laser diode; optical flip-flop characteristics; optical injection; saturable absorber; Diode lasers; Directional couplers; Flip-flops; Optical bistability; Optical buffering; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical packet switching; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 2004. 16th IPRM. 2004 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8595-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICIPRM.2004.1442772
