Analysis of Hysteresis Width on Optical Bistability for the Realization of Optical SR Flip-Flop Using SMFP-LDs With Simultaneous Inverted and Non-Inverted Outputs

Abstract

The width of hysteresis in optical bistability plays an important role on latching operation. The injected input optical power and wavelength detuning in single mode Fabry-Perot laser diode (SMFP-LD) are two parameters that can impact the width of hysteresis in bistability of dominant mode and injected mode. In this paper, we analyze the effect of wavelength detuning on width of the hysteresis loop, the dynamic power range for optical bistability, and the rising-falling time of output waveform. With this analysis, optical Set Reset flip-flop with simultaneous inverted and non-inverted output at the data rate of 8.5 Gb/s are obtained using SMFP-LDs. The principle is based on the optical bistability phenomena during injection-locking of the Fabry-Perot laser diode. The set and reset pulses are maintained in low power of about -14 and -6 dBm for the power effective configuration. The contrast ratios of more than 20 dB with simultaneous non-inverted and inverted output Q and Q¯ are observed. Clear output spectrum domain results, waveforms, eye diagram with extinction ratio of more than 12 dB, a rising/falling time of about 40 ps, and bit error rate (BER) measurement without noise floor up to 10-12 are observed. The maximum power penalty is about 1.8 dB at BER of 10-9.