Title :
Proposal of optical flip-flop operation between two phase states with a single SOA and a feedback loop
Author :
Takahiro Kamidai;Kenta Takase;Hiroki Kishikawa;Nobuo Goto;Shin-ichiro Yanagiya
Author_Institution :
Department of Optical Science and Technology, Tokushima University, 2-1 Minamijosanjima-cho, Tokushima 770-8506 Japan
Abstract :
A flip-flop circuit between two phase states is proposed and analyzed. The optical circuit consists of a single SOA and a feedback loop. Numerically simulated results of flip-flop operation are presented.
Keywords :
"Optical feedback","Semiconductor optical amplifiers","Optical polarization","Optical pulses","Optical bistability","Optical switches","Optical buffering"
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching (PS), 2015 International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2015.7329007
