Optical flip-flop based on two-coupled mode-locked ring lasers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 208-210

  Tangdiongga, Eduward ^a   Yang, Xuelin ^a   Li, Zhonggui ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Lenstra, Daan ^a,b   Khoe, Giok Djan ^a   Dorren, Harm J S ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flip flop memories; Optical bistability; Packet switching; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PACKET SWITCHING; RING LASERS;

FLIP FLOP MEMORIES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 12344314277     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.837742     Document Type: Article

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