Title :
Set/reset operation of a monolithically-integrated InP SOA-MZI-type all-optical flip-flop circuit with a feedback loop
Author :
Naito, Yuta ; Shimizu, Shogo ; Fukui, N. ; Kato, Toshihiko ; Kobayashi, Kaoru ; Uenohara, Hiroyuki
Author_Institution :
Precision & Intell. Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We investigated a monolithically integrated InP all-optical flip-flop (AOFF) circuit using a semiconductor optical amplifier based Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a feedback loop. We successfully achieved AOFF operation with 31-ps wide set/reset pulses.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; flip-flops; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; laser feedback; semiconductor optical amplifiers; AOFF operation; InP; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; feedback loop; monolithically-integrated SOA-MZI-type all-optical flip-flop circuit; semiconductor optical amplifier; set-reset operation; time 31 ps; Feedback loop; Flip-flops; Optical feedback; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
