Title :
Switching time and response to ps optical trigger pulse of all-optical Flip-Flop based on a monolithic semiconductor ring laser
Author :
Trita, Andrea ; Mezosi, Gabor ; Bragheri, Francesca ; Yu, Jin ; Furst, Sandor ; Cristiani, Ilaria ; Elsässer, Wolfgang ; Sorel, Marc ; Giuliani, Guido
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron., Univ. di Pavia, Pavia
Abstract :
A monolithic semiconductor ring laser (SRL) is demonstrated to operate as an all-optical flip-flop that is triggered by optical pulses of 400 ps and 5 ps duration, showing a response time of 130 ps.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; optical bistability; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; InGaAs-InGaAlAs-InP; all-optical flip-flop; monolithic semiconductor ring laser; optical bistability; optical trigger pulse; switching time; time 400 ps; time 5 ps; Fiber nonlinear optics; Flip-flops; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Time factors;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2008. ISLC 2008. IEEE 21st International
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1782-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1783-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2008.4636013
