• 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