International Conference on Photonics in Switching
All-optical flip-flops using injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes
Yu‐Ho Won, J.S. Cho, Yong Deok Jeong, N.L. Hoang
Abstract
All-optical flip-flops (AOFFs) using optical bistability of injection-locked Fabry-Perot laser diodes (FP-LDs) are demonstrated. To increase performance of the AOFF, single-mode FP-LDs are introduced. The single-mode FP-LD is used as an auxiliary beam source that sustains the state of AOFF or it is used as a state memory component itself to increase an on-off contrast ratio up to 35 dB.