학술논문

An ultra-small, low-power all-optical flip-flop memory on a silicon chip
Document Type
Conference
Source
2010 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication (OFC/NFOEC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC). :1-3 Mar, 2010
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Photonics and Electrooptics
Flip-flops
Silicon
Energy consumption
Optical devices
Indium phosphide
Optical waveguides
Optical packet switching
Optical bistability
Laser modes
Power lasers
Language
Abstract
A 7.5pm-diameter InP microdisk laser, integrated on an SOI waveguide is demonstrated as all-optical flip-flop working in continuous-wave regime with an electrical power consumption of several mW, and allowing switching in 60ps with pulses of 1.8fJ.