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All-optical memory operation of 980-nm polarization bistable VCSEL for 20-Gb/s PRBS RZ and 40-Gb/s NRZ data signals

Jun Sakaguchi, Takeo Katayama, Hitoshi Kawaguchi

Published May 26, 2010• 52 citations
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Abstract

The fastest known operation of all-optical flip-flop memory was experimentally demonstrated using a 980-nm polarization bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL). Operating conditions of the input signal power and the frequency detuning to achieve the fast optical memory operation were characterized experimentally. At the optimum condition, 1-bit data signals were arbitrarily sampled and memorized from a 2(6)-1 pseudorandom bit sequence return-to-zero signal at 20 Gb/s by using AND gate and memory functionalities obtained from the polarization bistability. In addition, 1-bit memory operation was achieved for a 6-bit non-return-to-zero signal at 40 Gb/s. Both memory operations required 250-microW data signal power and had optical gain. The high potential of all-optical flip-flop memories based on polarization bistable VCSELs for use in ultrafast all-optical future networks was demonstrated.

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10.1364/oe.18.012362

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Experimental Demonstration of Multi-Bit Optical Buffer Memory Using 1.55-μm\mu{\hbox {m}}μm Polarization Bistable Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
We demonstrate a novel all-optical buffer memory using 1.55-μm polarization bistable vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs). A one-bit data is stored as one of two orthogonal polarization states of a VCSEL in this memory. The polarization state is transferred from the VCSEL to another VCSEL which is optically connected in cascade as a shift register. A 4-bit optical buffer memory is constructed using two sets of the shift-register memory connected in parallel. These results show the technical feasibility of multi-bit optical buffer memory.
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