Symmetrically-Coupled SOAs Exhibit Optical Bistability

Pablo A. Costanzo-Caso; Pablo A. Costanzo-Caso; Michael Gehl; Sergio Granieri; Azad Siahmakoun

doi:10.1364/CLEO.2010.JTuD74

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2010
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010),
paper JTuD74
•https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.2010.JTuD74

Symmetrically-Coupled SOAs Exhibit Optical Bistability

Pablo A. Costanzo-Caso, Michael Gehl, Sergio Granieri, and Azad Siahmakoun

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2010

San Jose, California United States
16–21 May 2010
ISBN: 978-1-55752-889-6

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P. A. Costanzo-Caso, M. Gehl, S. Granieri, and A. Siahmakoun, "Symmetrically-Coupled SOAs Exhibit Optical Bistability," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2010, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2010), paper JTuD74.

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Abstract

An optical switch based-on two electrically coupled SOAs is demonstrated. Experiments show switching frequencies in MHz range with 4 dB contrast ratio. The performance can be improved up to GHz range employing photonic integrated devices.

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