Abstract
A semiconductor ring lasers (SRL) device is formed when the optical gain waveguide forms a closed loop. Such a laser supports two possible directions of lasing, clockwise (CW) and counter-clockwise (CCW), which can be used to represent binary values ‘0’ and ‘1’. The SRL is therefore a bistable device. Importantly it was discovered that the SRL bistability was self-sustaining [1], and can be set and reset optically [2].
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