Experimental study on wavelength tunability of all-optical flip-flop based on multimode-interference bistable laser diode

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-47

  Takeda, K ^a,b   Takenaka, M ^a   Tanemura, T ^a,b   Nakano, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fabrication and characterization; Integrated photonic system; Semiconductor lasers; Waveguide device

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; BAND FILLING EFFECTS; BISTABLE LASER DIODES; CARRIER INJECTION; DBR; DYNAMIC FLIP-FLOPS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREE-CARRIER PLASMAS; INTEGRATED PHOTONIC SYSTEM; LASING WAVELENGTH; MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED; MULTIMODES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RECONFIGURABLE DESIGNS; TUNING RANGES; WAVEFORM DISTORTIONS; WAVEGUIDE DEVICE; WAVELENGTH TUNABILITY; WAVELENGTH TUNABLE; WAVELENGTH TUNING;

BRAGG CELLS; FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LASERS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTICAL FILTERS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; TUNING; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 77953930350     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2009.2025670     Document Type: Article

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