Ultrafast all-optical NOR gate based on intersubband and interband modulation operating at communication wavelengths

Author

Naruse, Makoto ; Miyazaki, Tetsuya ; Kubota, Jhmito ; Yoshida, Haruhiko ; Ishikawa, Hiroshi

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan

Volume

5

fYear

2005

fDate

6-11 March 2005

Abstract

An ultrafast all-optical NOR gate using intersubband and interband transitions in quantum wells is proposed. A proof-of-principle experiment is demonstrated using InGaAs/AlAsSb coupled quantum well structures operating at communication wavelengths (1.55 μm and 1.3 μm).

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical logic; quantum well devices; semiconductor device testing; semiconductor quantum wells; telecommunication equipment testing; 1.3 micron; 1.55 micron; InGaAs-AlAsSb; InGaAs/AlAsSb coupled quantum well structures; communication wavelengths; interband modulation; interband transitions; intersubband modulation; intersubband transitions; proof-of-principle experiment; quantum wells; terabit optical networks; ultrafast all-optical NOR gate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Pulse amplifiers; Resonance; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC

Print_ISBN

1-55752-783-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2005.193093

Filename

1499686