Title :
All-Optical Flip-Flop
Author :
Malacarne, Antonio ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Poti, Luca
Author_Institution :
CEIRC - Scuola Superiore Sant´´ Anna, Pisa
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 :
erbium; flip-flops; optical fibre dispersion; optical logic; ytterbium; all-optical flip-flop; erbium-ytterbium doped fibre absorption; fluorescence; optical bistable device; Absorption; Flip-flops; Optical bistability; Optical buffering; Optical fiber polarization; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Internet and Next Generation Network, 2006. COIN-NGNCON 2006. The Joint International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jeju
Print_ISBN :
978-89-955301-4-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-89-955301-4-6
DOI :
10.1109/COINNGNCON.2006.4454531
