• DocumentCode
    436824
  • Title

    Improvement of optical flip-flop characteristics of compact directionally-coupled bistable laser diode

  • Author

    Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Raburn, Maura ; Nakano, Yoshiaki

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    31 May-4 June 2004
  • Firstpage
    523
  • Lastpage
    526
  • Abstract
    A directionally-coupled bistable laser diode optical flip-flop has been improved through the application of a reverse voltage to the saturable absorber. Flip-flop operation has been obtained with optical injection below -3 dBm.
  • Keywords
    flip-flops; laser cavity resonators; optical bistability; optical directional couplers; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor lasers; directionally-coupled bistable laser diode; optical flip-flop characteristics; optical injection; saturable absorber; Diode lasers; Directional couplers; Flip-flops; Optical bistability; Optical buffering; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical packet switching; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 2004. 16th IPRM. 2004 International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1092-8669
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8595-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIPRM.2004.1442772
  • Filename
    1442772