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datestamp: 2012-09-28 13:17:26
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creators_name: Coomans, W.
creators_name: Gelens, L.
creators_name: Van der Sande, G.
creators_name: Mezosi, G.
creators_name: Sorel, M.
creators_name: Danckaert, J.
creators_name: Verschaffelt, G.
creators_orcid: 0000-0001-8365-4496
title: Semiconductor ring lasers coupled by a single waveguide
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abstract: We experimentally and theoretically study the characteristics of semiconductor ring lasers bidirectionally coupled by a single bus waveguide. This configuration has, e.g., been suggested for use as an optical memory and as an optical neural network motif. The main results are that the coupling can destabilize the state in which both rings lase in the same direction, and it brings to life a state with equal powers at both outputs. These are both undesirable for optical memory operation. Although the coupling between the rings is bidirectional, the destabilization occurs due to behavior similar to an optically injected laser system.
date: 2012
date_type: published
id_number: 10.1063/1.4730615
uniqueid: glaseprints:2012-69693
published_online: 2012-06-22
scopus_impact: 1
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scopus_datestamp: 2013-10-26 07:44:08
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wos_cluster: WOS:000305676400014
wos_datestamp: 2013-10-25 12:42:26
full_text_status: none
publication: Applied Physics Letters
volume: 100
number: 25
pagerange: 251114
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0003-6951
hoa_compliant: 305
hoa_date_pub: 2012-06-22
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hoa_gold: FALSE
citation:    Coomans, W., Gelens, L., Van der Sande, G., Mezosi, G. <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/5745.html>, Sorel, M. <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/10351.html>, Danckaert, J. and Verschaffelt, G.  (2012)  Semiconductor ring lasers coupled by a single waveguide.   Applied Physics Letters <https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/Applied_Physics_Letters.html>, 100(25),  p. 251114.   (doi: 10.1063/1.4730615 <https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4730615>)