Title :
Optical static random access memory cell using an integrated semiconductor ring laser
Author :
Li, Bei ; Memon, Muhammad Irfan ; Wang, Zhuoran ; Yu, Siyuan ; Mezosi, Gabor ; Sorel, Marc
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK
Abstract :
This paper proposes and demonstrates an all-optical static random access memory (SRAM) cell using a bistable semiconductor ring laser set-reset flip-flop integrated with four SOAs at each output. Read and write operation at 1Gb/s are achieved with extinction ration ≫10dB.
Keywords :
Integrated optics; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Ring lasers; SRAM chips; Semiconductor lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai, China
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-877-3
