Multimode interference bistable laser diode

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1035-1037

  Takenaka, Mitsuru ^a   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beam propagation method (BPM); Bistable laser diode (BLD); Flip flop; Gain saturation; Multimode interference (MMI) coupler; Optical memory; Two mode bistability

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONS;

MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0042024872     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.815361     Document Type: Article

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