International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD)

Coupled non-linear microresonator systems: Modelling and applications

Yannick Dumeige, Patrice Féron

Published Sep 1, 2011• 0 citations

Abstract

A simple model is used to simulate the dynamic properties of coupled nonlinear microcavities. The model has been checked using a nonlinear finite difference time domain code. We show that two coupled nonlinear cavities with a Kerr nonlinearity can have multistable or self pulsing behaviors. Finally, an application as a positive pulse all-optical memory is proposed.

DOI: 10.1109/nusod.2011.6041205

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