Multi-state optical flip-flop memory based on ring lasers coupled through the same gain medium

We investigate a system consisting of multiple ring lasers coupled by a single gain medium. All the ring lasers share a common feedback arm. The output power of an individual laser shows periodic oscillations as a function of time. The periodicity of the oscillation is determined by the ratio of the...

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Published in:	Optics communications Vol. 270; no. 1; pp. 85 - 95
Main Authors:	Zhang, S., Lenstra, D., Liu, Y., Ju, H., Li, Z., Khoe, G.D., Dorren, H.J.S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01-02-2007 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Coupled lasers Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems; optical instabilities, optical chaos and complexity, and optical spatio-temporal dynamics Exact sciences and technology Flip-flop memories Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications) Limit-cycle oscillators Nonlinear optics Optical bi-stability Optical bistability, multistability and switching, including local field effects Optical feedback Optical multi-stability Optics Physics Ring laser Semiconductor optical amplifiers Synchronization Optical multi-stability Semiconductor optical amplifiers Limit-cycle oscillators Optical bi-stability Optical feedback Flip-flop memories Synchronization Coupled lasers Ring laser Output power Optical memory Nonlinear dynamical systems Optical bistability Experimental study Ring resonator Feedback Ring lasers Optical multistability Nonlinear optics
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