DocumentCode
2173494
Title
Optical switching of clockwise/anti-clockwise lasing in bus coupled microrings
Author
Troppenz, U. ; Hamacher, M. ; Radziunas, Mindaugas ; Heidrich, H.
Author_Institution
Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
fYear
2005
fDate
8-12 May 2005
Firstpage
307
Lastpage
310
Abstract
Clockwise/anti-clockwise switching of InP based bus-coupled microring lasers induced by external light injection has been measured and simulated. Device design and injection parameters of bistability and preselected unidirectional operation are discussed.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; optical bistability; optical switches; ring lasers; semiconductor lasers; InP; InP-based bus-coupled microring lasers; anticlockwise lasing; clockwise lasing; external light injection; optical bistability; optical switching; unidirectional operation; Clocks; Laser modes; Optical bistability; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Indium Phosphide and Related Materials, 2005. International Conference on
ISSN
1092-8669
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8891-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICIPRM.2005.1517487
Filename
1517487
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