THERMALLY STABLE OPTICAL BISTABILITY IN AN INGAAS INGAALAS ETALON AT 1.5-MU-M WAVELENGTH/

Authors
NEILSON DT EHRLICH JE WALKER AC DANN AJ FISHER MA SALTER MA REID I
Citation
Dt. Neilson et al., THERMALLY STABLE OPTICAL BISTABILITY IN AN INGAAS INGAALAS ETALON AT 1.5-MU-M WAVELENGTH/, Electronics Letters, 29(15), 1993, pp. 1374-1375
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
29
Issue
15
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1374 - 1375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1993)29:15<1374:TSOBIA>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The Letter reports the first demonstration of thermally stable, optica l bistability in a passive InGaAs/InGaAlAs multiquantum well nonlinear Fabry-Perot etalon at the wavelength 1.5 mum. Critical switch powers of 1 mW were obtained, permitting operation with a CW diode laser sour ce, Switch on/off times of 14 ns/40 ns were observed under slow rampin g conditions.