Title :
All-optical logic xor gate at 80 gb/s using SOA-MZI-DI
Author :
Sun, Hongzhi ; Wang, Qiang ; Dong, Hao ; Chen, Zhe ; Dutta, Niloy K. ; Jaques, James ; Piccirilli, A.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT
Abstract :
All-optical xor operation has been demonstrated using a semiconductor optical amplifier Mach-Zehnder interferometer (SOA-MZI) and delayed interferometer (DI) at 80 Gb/s. The DI is based on a polarization maintaining loop (PML) mirror. The results show using the PML-DI in series with the SOA-MZI improves the pulse quality of the xor result
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; light polarisation; logic gates; mirrors; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 80 Gbit/s; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA-MZI-DI; all-optical logic XOR gate; delayed interferometer; semiconductor optical amplifier; Arm; Delay; High speed optical techniques; Logic gates; Mirrors; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Phase modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Delayed interferometer (DI); Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI); photonic logic; polarization maintaining loop (PML); semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2006.878184
