• DocumentCode
    515934
  • Title

    Optical memory elements with extremely wide hysteresis window (94mA) using partly saturable-absorber novel active MMI bi-stable laser diodes

  • Author

    Bastawrous, H.A. ; Jiang, H. ; Tahara, Y. ; Matsuo, S. ; Hamamoto, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Interdiscipl. Grad. Sch. of Eng. Sci. (I-EggS), Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    21-25 March 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Novel active MMI bi-stable laser diodes are proposed and demonstrated. Using partly saturable-absorber configuration in active MMI, extremely wide hysteresis window of 94mA was achieved with 30fJ optical switching energy in 335¿m total device length.
  • Keywords
    light interferometers; optical bistability; optical logic; optical saturable absorption; optical switches; random-access storage; semiconductor lasers; active MMI bistable laser diodes; multimode interferometer; optical memory elements; optical switching energy; partly saturable absorber; size 335 mum; Diode lasers; Hysteresis; Integrated optics; Optical bistability; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical saturation; Photonics; Random access memory; Ultraviolet sources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5465647
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=515934