Title :
All-optical flip-flop multimode interference bistable laser with reverse biased saturable absorbers
Author :
Takenaka, Mitsuru ; Raburn, M. ; Nakano, Yoshiaki
Author_Institution :
Res. Center for Adv. Sci. & Technol., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Optical flip-flop operation has been achieved in an MMI-BLD with reverse biased saturable absorbers for the first time. The reverse bias enabled reduction of absorber length and is expected to result in high speed operation.
Keywords :
flip-flops; high-speed optical techniques; laser modes; optical bistability; optical saturable absorption; photonic switching systems; semiconductor lasers; all-optical flip-flop operation; bistable laser; high speed operation; multimode interference; photonics burst switching; reverse bias enabled reduction; saturable absorbers; Diode lasers; Flip-flops; High speed optical techniques; Interference; Optical bistability; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Laser Conference, 2004. Conference Digest. 2004 IEEE 19th International
Conference_Location :
Matsue-shi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8627-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISLC.2004.1382736
