SOA-Based Ultrafast Multifunctional All-Optical Logic Gates With PolSK Modulated Signals

In this paper, we propose a novel scheme for ultrafast multifunctional all-optical logic gates, which can achieve not only simple logic gates including AND, NOR, Smacr ₁Smacr₂,Smacr₁Smacr₂,XNOR, and XOR but also complex logic gates including half adder, half subtracter, decoder, and comparer based on four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) with polarization-shift-keying (PolSK) modulated signals. A comprehensive polarization-dependent broadband dynamic model of this kind of ultrafast multifunctional all-optical logic gates is presented. By numerical simulation, the multifunctional all-optical logic gates are theoretically realized at 40 Gbit/s. The effects of two input signal powers, injected current, frequency detuning, and polarization dependence of SOA on the output performance of the multifunctional all-optical logic gates are theoretically investigated in detail. The results indicate that this scheme is free of pattern effect due to using the PolSK modulation format. Moreover, the nice eye opening of the logic gates indicates the good performance of the proposed ultrafast multifunctional all-optical logic gates. This scheme is potential for applications in future high bit rate optical networks.