Excitability in a semiconductor laser with saturable absorber

被引：134
作者：
Barbay, Sylvain [1 ]
Kuszelewicz, Robert [1 ]
Yacomotti, Alejandro M. [1 ]
机构：
[1] LPN CNRS, Lab Photon & Nanostruct, F-91460 Marcoussis, France
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 2011年 / 36卷 / 23期
关键词：
SYSTEMS; NOISE;
D O I：
10.1364/OL.36.004476
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We show that a monolithic and compact vertical cavity laser with intracavity saturable absorber can emit short excitable pulses. These calibrated optical pulses can be excited as a response to an input perturbation whose amplitude is above a certain threshold. Subnanosecond excitable response is promising for applications to novel all-optical devices for information processing or logical gates. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
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页码：4476 / 4478
页数：3
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