Title :
All-Optical Flip-Flop Operation in a Standard Tunable DBR Laser Diode
Author :
Huybrechts, Koen ; Baets, Roel ; Morthier, Geert
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
A novel concept for all-optical flip-flop operation in a distributed Bragg reflector laser is presented. Using pulses at the same wavelength but with a different duration and amplitude, flip-flop operation is obtained experimentally with switching times of 50 ps and pulse energies of 2-4 pJ.
Keywords :
distributed Bragg reflector lasers; flip-flops; integrated optics; optical logic; semiconductor lasers; all optical flip flop operation; distributed Bragg reflector laser; energy 2 pJ to 4 pJ; time 50 ps; tunable DBR laser diode; All-optical flip-flop; bistability; distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2035169
