Title :
An ultra-small, low-power all-optical flip-flop memory on a silicon chip
Author :
Kumar, Rajesh ; Huybrechts, Koen ; Liu, Liu ; Spuessens, Thijs ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Geluk, Erik-Jan ; de Vries, Tjibbe ; Regreny, Philippe ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Baets, Roel ; Morthier, Geert
Author_Institution :
INTEC Dept., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
A 7.5pm-diameter InP microdisk laser, integrated on an SOI waveguide is demonstrated as all-optical flip-flop working in continuous-wave regime with an electrical power consumption of several mW, and allowing switching in 60ps with pulses of 1.8fJ.
Keywords :
flip-flops; low-power electronics; microdisc lasers; optical storage; packet switching; silicon-on-insulator; SOI waveguide; continuous-wave regime; low-power all-optical flip-flop memory; microdisk laser; silicon chip; Energy consumption; Flip-flops; Indium phosphide; Laser modes; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical packet switching; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
