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
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;
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
