Title :
All-optical XOR in a semiconductor optical amplifier-assisted fiber Sagnac gate
Author :
Houbavlis, T. ; Zoiros, K. ; Vlachos, K. ; Papakyriakopoulos, T. ; Avramopoulos, H. ; Girardin, F. ; Guekos, G. ; Dall´Ara, R. ; Hansmann, S. ; Burkhard, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
fDate :
3/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
All-optical Boolean XOR is demonstrated on a high-speed serial bit stream with a three-optical input fiber Sagnac interferometer switch, which uses a semiconductor optical amplifier. Full duty cycle bit switching has been demonstrated up to 5 GHz with contrast ratio as high as 14.6 dB.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light interferometers; logic gates; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical logic; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 5 GHz; all-optical Boolean XOR; all-optical XOR; contrast ratio; duty cycle bit switching; fiber Sagnac gate; high-speed serial bit stream; semiconductor optical amplifier; semiconductor optical amplifier-assisted fiber Sagnac gate; three-optical input fiber Sagnac interferometer switch; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Sagnac interferometers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
