ON A POSSIBILITY OF WAVELENGTH-DOMAIN-MULTIPLICATION MEMORY USING QUANTUM BOXES

被引:86
作者
MUTO, S
机构
[1] Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Atsugi, 243-01
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 2B期
关键词
QUANTUM BOX; SPECTRAL-HOLE BURNING; WAVELENGTH-DOMAIN; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN; OPTICAL STORAGE; PERSISTENT; TUNNELING;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.34.L210
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
A new use of quantum boxes for wavelength-domain-multiplication optical memory applications is proposed. Persistent spectral-hole burning mechanism based on photo-creation of electron-holt: pairs and their spatial separation by carrier tunneling is described. We discuss the feasibility of its application to optical data storage with emphasis on the memory duration and the multiplexing factor, that is, the possible number of bits stored in a laser-beam spot following the discussion by Moerner and Levenson.
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页码:L210 / L212
页数:3
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