• DocumentCode
    2863840
  • Title

    Eight state optical flip-flop based on coupled unidirectional ring lasers with optical feedback

  • Author

    Zhang, Shaoting ; Lenstra, D. ; Liu, Yanbing ; Ju, Honghao ; Li, Zuyi ; Khoe, G.D. ; Dorren, H.J.S.

  • Author_Institution
    COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An eight-state optical flip-flop based on coupled unidirectional ring lasers with optical feedback is demonstrated. The flip-flop exhibits low power operation since it contains only one gain medium. The contrast ratio is over 35 dB.
  • Keywords
    flip-flops; integrated optics; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; optical logic; ring lasers; contrast ratio; coupled ring lasers; eight state flip-flop; gain medium; optical feedback; optical flip-flop; unidirectional ring lasers; Flip-flops; Laser feedback; Optical coupling; Optical feedback; Ring lasers; (200.0200) Optical computing; (210.4680) Optical memories;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627777
  • Filename
    4627777