Title :
Wavelength tunable flip-flop operation of a modulated grating Y-branch laser
Author :
Yi An ; Riesgo, Abel Lorences ; Peucheret, Christophe ; Morthier, Geert
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Wavelength tunable flip-flop operation is experimentally demonstrated in a single modulated grating Y-branch laser for the first time. The control pulses have energies of 0.16-0.34 pJ and the switching time is about 200 ps.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; flip-flops; optical bistability; optical logic; control pulse; energy 0.16 pJ to 0.34 pJ; modulated grating Y-branch laser; single modulated grating; wavelength bistability; wavelength tunable flip-flop; Flip-flops; Laser tuning; Optical bistability; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; All-optical flip-flop; MG-Y laser; Wavelength bistability;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ajaccio
