Title :
An Optical Flip-Flop Based on Erbium-Ytterbium Doped Fibre
Author :
Malacarne, Antonio ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Poti, Luca
Author_Institution :
CEIRC -Scuola Superiore Sant´´ Anna, Via Moruzzi 1 - 56124 Pisa Italy, antonio. malacarne@cnit.it
Abstract :
Erbium-Ytterbium doped fibre absorption and fluorescence are exploited to realize an optical bistable device. An all-optical flip-flop with 10 ns transition time, 18.48 nJ set and 19.82 nJ reset energies, is experimentally demonstrated.
Keywords :
Absorption; Flip-flops; Optical bistability; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Particle beam optics; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801224
