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Takeda, K., Takenaka, M., Raburn, M., Kanema, Y., Barton, J.S., Song, X. and Nakano, Y. (2007) Dynamic Operation of All-Optical Flip-Flops with Distributed Bragg Reflectors for Self-Routing of 10-Gb/s Optical Packets. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 46, 1028-1032.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.46.1028

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• TITLE: An Improved Design for an All-Optical Flip-Flop Based on a Nonlinear 3-Sections DFB Laser Cavity

  AUTHORS: Hossam Zoweil

  KEYWORDS: All-Optical Flip-Flop, Distributed Feedback Laser, Nonlinearity, Switching

  JOURNAL NAME: Optics and Photonics Journal, Vol.6 No.5, May 30, 2016

  ABSTRACT: A new all optical flip-flop based on a 3-sections nonlinear semiconductor DFB laser structure is proposed and simulated. The operation of the device does not require a holding beam. Electrical current injection into an active layer provides optical gain to the laser mode. The wave-guiding layer consists of a linear grating section centered between 2 detuned nonlinear grating sections. The average refractive index in the nonlinear sections is slightly higher than the refractive index of the middle section. A negative nonlinear refractive index coefficient exists along the nonlinear sections. In the “OFF” state, the DFB structure does not provide enough optical feedback to lase due to the detuned sections. At high light intensity in structure, “ON” state, detuning decreases and the DFB structure allows for a laser mode that sustains the decrease in detuning to exist. The nonlinearity is provided by direct photon absorption at the Urbach tail. Numerical simulations using GPGPU computing show nanoseconds transition times between “OFF” and “ON” states.