Title :
Design and fabrication of Mach-Zehnder interferometer bistable laser diode all-optical flip-flop
Author :
Takeda, K. ; Takenaka, M. ; Tanemura, T. ; Nakano, Y.
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricate and experimentally demonstrate all-optical flip-flop switching based on novel Mach-Zehnder interferometer bistable laser structure. The MZI-BLD successfully acts as set-reset flip-flop with continuous light injection.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; flip-flops; optical storage; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; all-optical flip-flop switching; bistable laser diode; continuous light injection; set-reset flip-flop; Diode lasers; Distributed feedback devices; Flip-flops; Optical buffering; Optical design; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; All-optical flip-flop; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; bistable laser; optical memory;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3857-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3856-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2009.5307763
