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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Erbium–Ytterbium-Doped Fiber-Based Optical Flip-Flop

Antonio Malacarne, Antonella Bogoni, Luca Potì

Published Jun 1, 2007• 17 citations
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Abstract

Erbium-ytterbium-doped fiber absorption and fluorescence are exploited to realize an optical bistable device. An all-optical flip-flop with 10-ns transition time, 18.48-nJ set, and 19.82-nJ reset energies, is experimentally demonstrated. The possibility to reach an extinction ratio of more than 8 dB is demonstrated as well
DOI
10.1109/lpt.2007.897553

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