Fast All-Optical Memory and Switching with Mode-Locked Quantum Dot Lasers

Mingming Feng,Steven T. Cundiff,Richard P. Mirin,Kevin L. Silverman

Fast All-Optical Memory and Switching with Mode-Locked Quantum Dot Lasers

2010

Mingming Feng
Steven T. Cundiff
Richard P. Mirin
Kevin L. Silverman

We investigate the wavelength switching properties of a bistable two-section quantum-dot diode laser. The switching time is about 150 ps, which is approximately two round trips times of the laser.

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Quantum dot laser
Laser
Bistability
Tunable laser
Diode
Quantum dot
Electronic engineering
Semiconductor laser theory
Switching time
Materials science
Optoelectronics
Optics
Mode-locking

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