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Optica Advanced Photonics Congress

Investigation of carrier-induced bistability in SOI micro-ring resonators for memory applications

Andrey A. Nikitin, Ilya A. Ryabcev, Alexander A. Ershov, Alexander A. Semenov, Конкин Дмитрий Анатольевич, A. A. Kokolov, Л. И. Бабак, Feodor I. Sheyerman, Alexey B. Ustinov

Published Jan 1, 2022• 1 citation
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Abstract

We report on the use of passive micro-ring resonator fabricated with silicon-on-insulator technology for memory applications. We show that the minimal pulse length ensuring the memory operation is limited by 260 ns.
DOI
10.1364/bgppm.2022.jw3a.48

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