Title :
160 Gb/s XOR Gate Using Bulk SOA Turbo-Switched Mach-Zehnder Interferometer
Author :
Castrejón, R. Gutiérrez
Author_Institution :
Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico UNAM, Coyoacan
Abstract :
A modified Mach-Zehnder interferometer is proposed to carry out photonic XOR operation between optical data streams. It consists of the synthesis of a differential scheme and the recently demonstrated turbo-switch. Simulations utilizing a sophisticated bulk semiconductor optical amplifier dynamical model indicate practically error-free operation at 160 Gb/s. A comparison of the proposed structure with a state-of-the-art XOR gate shows outperformance of the former in terms of Q-factor, thus positioning the new device as a very attractive alternative design for logic XOR functionality. Application as ultra-fast processing element on forthcoming optical telecommunication networks is foreseen.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Q-factor; measurement by laser beam; optical communication; optical logic; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Q-factor; XOR gate; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bulk SOA turbo-switched Mach-Zehnder interferometer; bulk semiconductor optical amplifier dynamical model; optical data streams; optical telecommunication networks; photonic XOR operation; turbo-switch; ultra-fast processing element; Application software; Bit rate; Error-free operation; High speed optical techniques; Logic devices; Logic gates; Optical interferometry; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; all-optical; delayed interferometer; logic gate; patterning; semiconductor optical amplifier; turbo-switch;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 2007. ICEEE 2007. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mexico City
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1166-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1166-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICEEE.2007.4344991
