Storing 2 bits of information in a novel single semiconductor microring laser memory cell

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1228-1230

  Wang, Zhuoran ^a   Yuan, Guohui ^a   Verschaffelt, Guy ^b   Danckaert, Jan ^b   Yu, Siyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

All optical memory; Integrated optoelectronics; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor ring laser (SRL)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LASERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RING LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE;

MEMORY CELLS; MICRO RINGS; OPTICAL MEMORIES; RETRO REFLECTORS; SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASERS; TWO WAVELENGTH;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 46649108531     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.926011     Document Type: Article

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