DocumentCode :
505698
Title :
Novel concept for all-optical flip-flop operation in a single DBR laser diode
Author :
Huybrechts, Koen ; Ali, A. ; Baets, R. ; Morthier, G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
fYear :
2009
fDate :
4-8 Oct. 2009
Firstpage :
648
Lastpage :
649
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally all-optical flip-flop operation in a standard tunable DBR laser diode by injecting pulses with the same wavelength but of different amplitude and duration. Switching speeds of 50 ps are achieved.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; laser tuning; optical bistability; optical logic; semiconductor lasers; all-optical flip-flop; distributed Bragg reflector laser diodes; laser tuning; optical bistability; Charge carrier density; Diode lasers; Distributed Bragg reflectors; Flip-flops; Laser beams; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical pulses; Ring lasers; All-optical flip-flops; DBR lasers; Optical bistability;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
ISSN :
1092-8081
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343402
Filename :
5343402
Link To Document :
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