Title :
Improving switching speed of a nonlinear Mach-Zehnder Interferometric logic gate with Ring-Resonators
Author :
Cuesta-Soto, F. ; Sanchis, P. ; Marti, J.
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. Valencia, Valencia
Abstract :
Ring-resonators enhance nonlinear effects but induce bandwidth and speed limitations in the device. By cascading RR an improved device with numerically estimated speed of 60 Gbit/s for a switching power of 5 mW is obtained.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical logic; optical resonators; optical switches; nonlinear Mach-Zehnder interferometric logic gate; ring-resonators; speed limitations; switching power; switching speed; Arm; Bandwidth; Kerr effect; Logic devices; Logic gates; Optical interferometry; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Resonance;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0934-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2007.4347694
