• DocumentCode
    3525491
  • Title

    Three-State Optical Memory Based on Coupled Ring Lasers

  • Author

    Jing Wang ; Yuancheng Zhang ; Malacarne, Antonio ; Bogoni, Antonella ; Poti, Luca ; Minyu Yao

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A three-state optical memory is demonstrated, with a compact configuration and low switching power. It is presented that the memory has an extinction ratio of 40 dB and a large wavelength range of set pulses.
  • Keywords
    optical bistability; optical storage; packet switching; ring lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; compact configuration; coupled ring lasers; extinction ratio; large wavelength range pulses; low switching power; optical bi-stability; three-state optical memory; Extinction ratio; Optical bistability; Optical coupling; Optical filters; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Ring lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528420
  • Filename
    4528420