Static and dynamic analysis of an all-optical inverter based on a Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (VCSOA)

Gauss, Veronica and Hurtado, Antonio and Jorgesen, Doug and Adams, Michael J. and Esener, Sadik (2011) Static and dynamic analysis of an all-optical inverter based on a Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (VCSOA). Optics Communications, 284 (9). pp. 2345-2350. ISSN 0030-4018 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2011.01.010)

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Abstract

We report the static and dynamic properties of an all-optical inverter based on an 850 nm Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (VCSOA). The inverter exhibits low switching power requirements (∼ 15 μW), large on/off contrast ratio (> 11 dB), and high speed operation (∼ 1.4 GHz). Large and small signal measurements show that the speed of operation and the on/off contrast ratio improve with increased bias current. This holds important prospects for the development of VCSOA-inverters for high-speed, low-power optical logic applications. Finally, a theoretical model of the VCSOA-inverter has been employed giving good agreement with experiments.

ORCID iDs

Gauss, Veronica, Hurtado, Antonio ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4448-9034, Jorgesen, Doug, Adams, Michael J. and Esener, Sadik;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:51718
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    1 May 2011
    Published
    4 February 2011
    Published Online
    Keywords:all-optical inverter, all-optical logic gate, all-optical signal processing, amplifier, nonlinear optics, optical bistability, vertical cavity semiconductor optical, Electrical Engineering. Electronics Nuclear Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    Subjects:Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:17 Feb 2015 16:12
    Last modified:22 May 2023 03:20
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/51718
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