DocumentCode
2056372
Title
Dynamic operation of all-optical Flip-Flop based on a monolithic semiconductor ring laser
Author
Trita, Andrea ; Mezosi, Gabor ; Bragheri, Francesca ; Yu, Jin ; Furst, Sandor ; Elsässer, Wolfgang ; Cristiani, Ilaria ; Sorel, Marc ; Giuliani, Guido
Author_Institution
Dipt. di Elettron., Univ. of Pavia, Pavia
fYear
2008
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
A monolithic semiconductor ring laser (SRL) is demonstrated as a fully all-optical flip-flop that can be triggered by optical pulses of 400 ps duration, showing 130 ps response time.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; flip-flops; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; optical logic; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; InGaAs-InGaAlAs-InP; SRL; all-optical flip-flop dynamic operation; monolithic semiconductor ring laser; optical pulses; time 130 ps; time 400 ps; Delay; Flip-flops; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Brussels
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-2228-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729309
Filename
4729309
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