INTEGRATED BISTABLE OPTICAL MULTIVIBRATOR USING ELECTRO-OPTICALLY CONTROLLED DIRECTIONAL COUPLER SWITCHES

被引:10
作者
ITO, H
OGAWA, Y
MAKITA, K
INABA, H
机构
[1] Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai 980
关键词
Electro-optical devices; Integrated optics; Multivibrators; Optical couplers;
D O I
10.1049/el:19790563
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An integrated bistable optical multivibrator based on two electro-optical directional coupler switches has been realised for the first time using Ti:LiNbO3 waveguides with two crossed feedback loops. The analysis and operation of the basic optical flip-flop are presented, and different feedback conditions and loops should provide other types of optical multivibrators, e.g. monostable and astable. © 1979, The Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.
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页码:791 / 793
页数:3
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