Title :
All-optical flip-flop circuit based on SOA-MZI
Author :
Uenohara, H. ; Shimizu, S. ; Kato, T. ; Tatara, Y. ; Goto, K. ; Fukui, N. ; Kobayashi, K.
Author_Institution :
Precision & Intell. Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Performance of all-optical flip-flop circuits based on a SOA-MZI is reviewed. Set-reset-type operation and T-type operation will be presented with feedback loop configuration for optical gate signal generation, and a counterfaced one for DPSK encoding, respectively.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; differential phase shift keying; encoding; flip-flops; optical feedback; optical logic; optical pulse generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; DPSK encoding; SOA-MZI; T-type operation; all-optical flip-flop circuit; feedback loop configuration; optical gate signal generation; set-reset-type operation; Feedback loop; Flip-flops; High speed optical techniques; Logic gates; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682692
