Frontiers in Optics

Optical Bistability in a VCSEL Connected Across Serially-Coupled PIN Photodiodes

Sanaz Faryadras, Azad Z. Siahmakoun

Published Jan 1, 2016• 0 citations

Abstract

Two serially-coupled PIN photodiodes connected to a 1550nm VCSEL is theoretically modeled and experimentally demonstrated to exhibit optical bistability. The bistable device operates in megahertz range mainly due to parasitic inductance and capacitance of the circuit.

DOI: 10.1364/fio.2016.jth2a.160

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