All-optical flip-flop operation in a standard tunable DBR laser diode

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 1873-1875

  Huybrechts, Koen ^a   Baets, Roel ^a   Morthier, Geert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

All optical flip flop; Bistability; Distributed bragg reflector (DBR) laser

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; BI-STABILITY; DBR LASER; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR LASERS; FLIP-FLOP OPERATION; NOVEL CONCEPT; PULSE ENERGIES; SWITCHING TIME;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; FLIP FLOP CIRCUITS; LASER OPTICS; REFLECTION;

DBR LASERS;

EID: 77955203862     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2035169     Document Type: Article

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