All-optical flip-flop based on an SOA/DFB-laser diode optical feedback scheme

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 489-491

  D'Oosterlinck, Wouter ^a   Buron, J ^b   Ohman F ^b   Morthier, G ^a   Baets, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Optical bistability; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALL-OPTICAL FLIP-FLOP (AOFF); CONTRAST RATIO; OPTICAL POWERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 34047231080     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.893756     Document Type: Article

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