Trita, A., Mezosi, G., Sorel, M. and Giuliani, G. (2014) All-optical toggle flip-flop based on monolithic semiconductor ring laser. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 26(1), pp. 96-99. (doi: 10.1109/LPT.2013.2289976)
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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2013.2289976
Abstract
A novel monolithic all-optical flip-flop of the toggle type with two complementary outputs is demonstrated based on a semiconductor ring laser (SRL), where the intrinsic directional bistability of the SRL device is combined with the saturable absorption effect that takes place in the reverse-biased input waveguides. Toggle flip-flop (TFF) operation is experimentally demonstrated using optical trigger toggle pulses of 500 ps duration. The achieved bit-rate of 500 Mb/s is the highest reported so far for all-optical TFFs. The operational speed is limited by the carrier recovery time of the saturable absorbers; however, the proposed technology has potential for multi-gigabits per second operation.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Mezosi, Mr Gabor and Sorel, Professor Marc |
| Authors: | Trita, A., Mezosi, G., Sorel, M., and Giuliani, G. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering |
| Journal Name: | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| ISSN: | 1041-1135 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1941-0174 |
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