• DocumentCode
    1543576
  • 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
  • Volume
    33
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    2/13/1997 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    323
  • Lastpage
    325
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19970202
  • Filename
    583503