Title :
All-optical logic NOR gate using a semiconductor laser amplifier
Author :
Sharaiha, A. ; Li, H.W. ; Marchese, F. ; Bihan, J. Le
Author_Institution :
Lab. RESO, Ecole Nat. Superieure d´´Ingenieurs, Brest, France
fDate :
2/13/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report on the realisation of a NOR gate using an SLA. The operation is based on the nonlinearity of the SLA gain. The power difference between the output logic level is >100 μW with a 9 dB contrast
Keywords :
laser beam applications; logic gates; optical logic; semiconductor lasers; NOR gate; all-optical gate; laser gain nonlinearity; optical logic gate; semiconductor laser amplifier;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970202
