Assessment of switching speed of optical bistability in semiconductor laser amplifiers

8 May 1986

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 22 (10) , 541-543
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19860369

Abstract

Measured hysteresis characteristics are presented for a bistable Fabry-Perot laser amplifier operating at high switching rates. The results show that optical bistability ceases to be evident at a repetition frequency of around 250 MHz, corresponding to a data rate of 500 Mbit/s, which indicates switching times commensurate with the carrier recombination time.

Keywords

FABRY-PEROT TYPE
250 MHZ REPETITION FREQUENCY
HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL LOGIC
SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AMPLIFIERS
SWITCHING SPEED
HIGH SWITCHING RATES
HYSTERESIS CHARACTERISTICS
MAXIMUM CLOCK RATE
500 MBIT/S
DATA RATE
OPTICAL BISTABILITY

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OPTICAL SWITCHING: CONTROLLING LIGHT WITH LIGHT
Published by Elsevier ,1985