Subnanosecond switching of bistable tandem lasers by subpicojoule optical triggering
- 3 October 1988
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 53 (14) , 1227-1229
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.100448
Abstract
We report on the switching-on characteristics of a bistable two-section laser diode triggered by subnanosecond optical input pulses. Minimum switching energy as a function of current bias level was measured for different input pulse wavelengths. Subnanosecond and subpicojoule switching was obtained. Estimating the input coupling to be 10%, the lowest bistable switching energy recorded was 23 fJ. The fastest recorded rise time was less than 100 ps.Keywords
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