Polarization Bistable VCSELs for Optical Buffers

摘要：

All-optical buffer memories are desirable as key elements of all-optical packet-switched networks that address the contention and congestion of optical packets with high-operation data rates and low-power consumption. Optical buffer memories consisting of flip-flop devices 1 have a great advantage that the data stored can be read out at arbitrary timings. We previously proposed an optical buffer memory with shift register function consisting of a two-dimensional array of polarization bistable VCSELs 1. Each polarization bistable VCSEL acts as a 1-bit flip-flop memory with small optical input power and dc power consumption.

作者: Hitoshi Kawaguchi

作者单位: Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: Asia Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition(2010亚洲光纤通信与光弹博览会及研讨会 ACP 2010)

会议地点: 上海

会议语种:英文

页码: 415-416

在线出版日期: 2010-12-08（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）