All-optical flip-flop with high on-off contrast ratio using two injection-locked single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diodes

doi:10.1364/OE.15.005166

All-optical flip-flop with high on-off contrast ratio using two injection-locked single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diodes

Nguyen Le Hoang, Jeong Sik Cho, Yong Hyub Won, and Yong Deok Jeong »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 8, pp. 5166-5171 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.005166

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Abstract

An all-optical flip-flop with inverted output is presented. The flip-flop is realized based on the optical bistability of an injection-locked single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diode (FP-LD). The operation principle is explained and experimental results are presented in this paper. The flip-flop with separate optical set and reset inputs had an on-off contrast ratio of over 35 dB.

OCIS Codes
(190.1450) Nonlinear optics : Bistability
(200.4560) Optics in computing : Optical data processing
(210.4680) Optical data storage : Optical memories

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Optical Processing

History
Original Manuscript: January 11, 2007
Revised Manuscript: March 1, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: March 3, 2007
Published: April 13, 2007

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Nguyen Le Hoang, Jeong Sik Cho, Yong Hyub Won, and Yong Deok Jeong, "All-optical flip-flop with high on-off contrast ratio using two injection-locked single-mode Fabry-Perot laser diodes," Opt. Express 15, 5166-5171 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-8-5166

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