All-optical flip-flop based on vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers

被引：7
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作者：
Song, Deqiang [1 ]
Gauss, Veronica [1 ]
Zhang, Haijiang [1 ]
Gross, Matthias [1 ]
Wen, Pengyue [1 ]
Esener, Sadik [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 32卷 / 20期
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D O I：
10.1364/OL.32.002969
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We report the operation of an all-optical set-reset (SR) flip-flop based on vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers (VCSOAs). This flip-flop is cascadable, has low optical switching power (similar to 10 mu W), and has the potential to be integrated on a small footprint (similar to 100 mu m(2)). The flip-flop is composed of two cross-coupled electrically pumped VCSOA inverters and uses the principles of cross-gain modulation, polarization gain anisotropy, and highly nonlinear gain characteristics to achieve flip-flop functionality. We believe that, when integrated on chip, this type of all-optical flip-flop opens new prospects for implementing all-optical fast memories and timing regeneration circuits. (C) 2007 Optical Society of America
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页码：2969 / 2971
页数：3
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