All-optical flip-flop based on the bistability of injection locked Fabry-Perot laser diode

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 4058-4063

  Jeong, Yong Deok ^a   Cho, Jeong Sik ^a   Won, Yong Hyub ^a   Lee, Hyuek Jae ^b   Yoo, Hark ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

ALL-OPTICAL FLIP-FLOPS; EXTERNAL CAVITY; EXTERNAL MODULATORS; FABRY-PEROT LASER DIODE; INJECTION LOCKED; OUTPUT SIGNAL; RESET PULSE; SINGLE LONGITUDINAL MODE;

FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS;

EID: 33751026154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004058     Document Type: Article

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