Title :
Low Power Optical Bistability in 1550 nm VCSOAs
Author :
Jorgesen, Douglas R. ; Marki, Christopher F. ; Zhang, Haijiang ; Wen, Pengyue ; Esener, Sadik
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, San Diego
Abstract :
Clockwise and counterclockwise bistability are demonstrated in 1550 nm vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers (VCSOAs) at input powers two orders of magnitude lower than previously. Butterfly bistability is also observed for the first time in VCSOAs.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; optical bistability; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Butterfly bistability; VCSOA; laser power; low power optical bistability; vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength 1550 nm; Clocks; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical control; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical signal processing; Stimulated emission; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453662
