An all optical set-reset flip flop is presented that is based on two coupled identical laser diodes. The lasers are coupled so that when one of the lasers lases it quenches lasing in the other laser. The state of the flip flop is determined by which laser is currently lasing. Rate equations are used to model the flip flop and obtain steady state characteristics. The flip flop is experimentally ...

An all-optical flip-flop, the memory of which is based on dispersive bistability in a single vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifier, is demonstrated experimentally. Flip-flop control is achieved using two mechanisms: cross-phase modulation to set the flip-flop and cross-gain modulation of the holding beam within a remote SOA to reset it. Optical control signals are sub-milliwatt in pow...

Some active stars show a so-called flip-flop phenomenon in which the main spot activity periodically switches between two active longitudes that are 180◦ apart. In this paper we study the flip-flop phenomenon by converting results from dynamo calculations into long-term synthetic photometric observations, which are then compared to the real stellar observations. We show that similar activity pa...

We present Flip-Flop Spectrum-Revealing QR (Flip-Flop SRQR) factorization, a significantly faster and more reliable variant of the QLP factorization of Stewart, for low-rank matrix approximations. Flip-Flop SRQR uses SRQR factorization to initialize a partial column pivoted QR factorization and then compute a partial LQ factorization. As observed by Stewart in his original QLP work, Flip-Flop S...

In this paper, the proposed flip-flop reduces power consumption by reducing the clock switching power that was wasted otherwise. Unlike many other gated flip-flops, the proposed gated flip-flop has state retention property to save power and to switch circuit between idle and active modes smoothly. The feedback path is also improved in the proposed flip-flop to decrease power dissipation. The pr...

complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (cmos) technology has been the industry standard to implement very large scale integrated (vlsi) devices for the last two decades. due to the consequences of miniaturization of such devices (i.e. increasing switching speeds, increasing complexity and decreasing power consumption), it is essential to replace them with a new technology. quantum-dot cellular...

Delay faults are frequently encountered in nanometer technologies. Therefore, it is critical to detect these faults during factory test. Testing for a delay fault requires the application of a pair of test vectors in an at-speed manner. To maximize the delay fault detection capability, it is desired that the vectors in this pair are independent. Independent vector pairs cannot always be applied...

In this paper, a preprocessing circuit for ISFETs (Ion-sensitive field-effect transistors) to measure hydrogen-ion concentration in electrolyte is presented. A modified flip-flop is the main part of the circuit. The modification consists in replacing the standard transistors by ISFETs and periodically switching the supply voltage on and off. Concentration of hydrogen ions to be measured discont...

Providing resistance against side channel attacks especially differential power analysis (DPA) attacks, which aim at disclosing the secret key of cryptographic algorithm is one of the biggest challenges of designers of cryptographic devices. In this paper design of novel data flip-flop compatible with three-phase dual-rail logic (TDPL), called Charge recycling TDPL flip-flop is investigated. Th...