Fast optical flip-flop by use of Mach-Zehnder interferometers

被引：48

作者：

Hill, MT ^{[1
]}

de Waardt, H ^{[1
]}

Khoe, GD ^{[1
]}

Dorren, HJS ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Eindhoven Univ Technol, Dept Elect Engn, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands

来源：

MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2001年 / 31卷 / 06期

关键词：

Mach-Zehnder interferometer; flip-flop; semiconductor optical amplifier; optical bistability; memories;

D O I：

10.1002/mop.10050

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：

Optictal flip-flops forward from two coupled Mach-Zehnder interferometers are presented. The interferometers employ semiconductor optical amplifiers in their at-ins. The flip-flops are demonstrated via simulations and experiments. Low switching energy and very high speed are possible in spite of the relatively slow semiconductor optical amplifier carrier recovery time. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

引用

页码：411 / 415

页数：5

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