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Electronics Letters

Optical tristability including spectral bistability using an inhomogeneously excited multielectrode DFB LD

Masahiko Jinno, Masafumi Koga, T. Matsumoto

Published Aug 4, 1988• 9 citations
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Abstract

Optical tristability, including spectral bistability, controlled either electrically or optically has been observed in a multielectrode DFB LD with a saturable absorber. A number of preliminary applications as optical logic gates (AND, OR, INVERT, NAND, NOR, and XOR) and optical memories are demonstrated experimentally.
DOI
10.1049/el:19880701

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