Dynamic behavior of an all-optical inverter using transverse-mode switching in 1.55-μm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Author

Onishi, Y. ; Nishiyama, Naoto ; Caneau, C. ; Koyama, F. ; Chung-en Zah

Author_Institution

Microsystem Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan

Volume

16

Issue

5

fYear

2004

fDate

5/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1236

Lastpage

1238

Abstract

An all-optical inverter using transverse-mode switching of a 1.55-μm vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser is demonstrated. When an external light is injected to a first high-order mode, the output power of the fundamental mode is strongly suppressed due to injection locking resulting in a large extinction ratio of over 20 dB. Waveform inversion is demonstrated for the input signal of a 5-GHz sinusoidal wave.

Keywords

electro-optical switches; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; optical communication equipment; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; 1.55 mum; 5 GHz; VCSEL; all-optical inverter; dynamic behavior; injection locking; transverse-mode switching; vertical-cavity surface emitting lasers; waveform inversion; Distributed feedback devices; Injection-locked oscillators; Inverters; Laser mode locking; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Optical surface waves; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2004.826212

Filename

1291469