All-Optical Flip-Flop

Erbium-ytterbium doped fibre absorption and fluorescence are exploited to realize an optical bistable device. An all-optical flip-flop with 10 ns transition time, 18.48 nJ set and 19.82 nJ reset energies, is experimentally demonstrated.

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Published inCOIN-NGNCON 2006 - The Joint International Conference on Optical Internet and Next Generation Network pp. 163 - 164
Main Authors Malacarne, A., Bogoni, A., Poti, L.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.07.2006
Subjects
Absorption
Flip-flops
Optical bistability
Optical buffering
Optical fiber polarization
Optical packet switching
Optical pulses
Pulse amplifiers
Pulse modulation
Stimulated emission
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Summary:Erbium-ytterbium doped fibre absorption and fluorescence are exploited to realize an optical bistable device. An all-optical flip-flop with 10 ns transition time, 18.48 nJ set and 19.82 nJ reset energies, is experimentally demonstrated.
DOI:10.1109/COINNGNCON.2006.4454531