All-optical flip-flops using injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes

All-optical flip-flops (AOFFs) using optical bistability of injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes (FP-LDs) are demonstrated. To increase performance of the AOFF, single-mode FP-LDs are introduced. The single-mode FP-LD is used as an auxiliary beam source that sustains the state of AOFF or it is...

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Main Authors: Won, Y.H., Cho, J.S., Jeong, Y.D., Hoang, N.L.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
All-optical flip-flop
Diode lasers
Fabry-Perot
Fabry-Perot laser diode
Flip-flops
Hysteresis
injection locking
Laser beams
Nonlinear optics
Optical bistability
Optical buffering
Optical interferometry
Optical signal processing
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Summary:All-optical flip-flops (AOFFs) using optical bistability of injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes (FP-LDs) are demonstrated. To increase performance of the AOFF, single-mode FP-LDs are introduced. The single-mode FP-LD is used as an auxiliary beam source that sustains the state of AOFF or it is used as a state memory component itself to increase an on-off contrast ratio up to 35 dB.
DOI:10.1109/PS.2007.4300787