Simulation of all-optical flip-flops based on bistable laser diodes with nonlinear couplers

Author

Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Nakano, Yoshiaki

Author_Institution

Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan

fYear

2003

fDate

14-16 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

94

Lastpage

95

Abstract

An FD-BPM have been developed to analyze characteristics of all-optical flip flops based on bistable laser diodes (BLDs) with a directional coupler and an MMI coupler. By combining it with the carrier rate equation, the developed FD-BPM can calculate the static characteristics of these BLDs with relatively small computational resources.

Keywords

carrier density; flip-flops; integrated optoelectronics; optical bistability; optical communication equipment; optical directional couplers; optical logic; semiconductor device models; semiconductor lasers; FD-BPM; MMI coupler; all-optical flip-flops; bistable laser diodes; carrier rate equation; directional coupler; multimode interferometer coupler; nonlinear couplers; Couplers; Diode lasers; Flip-flops; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical buffering; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, 2003. NUSOD 2003. Proceedings of the IEEE/LEOS 3rd International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7992-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2003.1259062

Filename

1259062