DocumentCode :
1520535
Title :
1.3 to 1.55 
All-Optical Wavelength Conversion for VCSEL-to-VCSEL Inversion and Logic
Author :
Mazzucato, Simone ; Schires, Kevin ; Hurtado, Antonio ; Adams, Michael J. ; Henning, Ian D. ; Balkan, Naci
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
Volume :
4
Issue :
3
fYear :
2012
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
817
Lastpage :
824
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical wavelength conversion from the O to the C band using a 1550-nm commercial vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to external optical injection at 1300 nm. For the first time to our knowledge, we show that this configuration can also be used to develop all-optical inverters and cross-band NAND and NOR gates based on VCSEL devices, and investigate their potential speed of operation.
Keywords :
logic gates; optical logic; semiconductor lasers; surface emitting lasers; NOR gates; VCSEL devices; VCSEL-to-VCSEL inversion; all-optical inverters; all-optical wavelength conversion; cross-band NAND gates; external optical injection; logic; vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser; wavelength 1300 nm; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Threshold current; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Optical wavelength conversion, switching converters, vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1943-0655
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2198803
Filename :
6203349
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