Excitability in a semiconductor laser with saturable absorber.

Opt Lett

Laboratoire de Photonique et de Nanostructures, LPN-CNRS, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France.

Published: December 2011

AI Article Synopsis

  • A compact vertical cavity laser with an intracavity saturable absorber can generate short optical pulses.
  • These pulses are triggered by input disturbances that exceed a specific amplitude threshold.
  • The ability to produce subnanosecond responses is useful for developing advanced all-optical devices, such as those for information processing or logical operations.

Article Abstract

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.

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