State selection of a bistable SOA ring laser for bit level optical memory applications

Bing C. Wang; Lei Xu; Varghese Baby; Ivan Glesk

doi:10.1109/LPT.2002.1012408

State selection of a bistable SOA ring laser for bit level optical memory applications

Bing C. Wang, Lei Xu, Varghese Baby, Ivan Glesk

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

In this letter, we demonstrate the selection between two bistable states of a semiconductor fiber ring laser, using bits from a timeslot channel switched out using a terahertz optical asymmetric demultiplexer. By changing the selected timeslot channel, we were able to change the semiconductor fiber ring laser from a state with a two-peak output at 1570.6 and 1579 nm to a state with one-peak output at 1570.6 nm. This structure has potential application to optical memories.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	989-991
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	14
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2002.1012408
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2002

Keywords

fibre lasers
optical bistability
optical storage
optical switches
ring lasers
semiconductor optical amplifiers

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