Abstract

Fabry-Perot bistable microresonators have proven to be one of the major potential devices for achieving all-optical processing functions such as switching and latching.¹ Their ability to perform optical processing at very high bit rates rely on the combined properties of the reasonably fast switching speed for individual elements, and the natural compliance to massively parallel 2-dimensional architectures. Though the later property is of a great potential, a strong interest remains in investigating the intrinsic dynamic properties, for the sake of optimizing the switching performance in terms of speed and energy consumption. In this paper we report on theoretical and experimental studies on the dynamics of such devices under sinusoidal excitations in GaAs/GaAlAs MQW MOVPE-grown bistable microresonators. The samples used were operated around 870 nm.

© 1994 IEEE