Dynamic behavior of an all-optical inverter using transverse-mode switching in 1.55-/spl mu/m vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers |
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| Authors: | Y Onishi N Nishiyama C Caneau F Koyama Chung-en Zah |
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| Affiliation: | Microsystem Res. Center, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan; |
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| Abstract: | An all-optical inverter using transverse-mode switching of a 1.55-/spl mu/m vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser is demonstrated. When an external light is injected to a first high-order mode, the output power of the fundamental mode is strongly suppressed due to injection locking resulting in a large extinction ratio of over 20 dB. Waveform inversion is demonstrated for the input signal of a 5-GHz sinusoidal wave. |
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